The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
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EDUCATION
1974BA Art Education, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2004MA Education in Creative Arts, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1974-1980, 1985-1999Elementary School Art Instructor, Racine, Wisconsin and Franksville, Wisconsin
1980-1986Independent Studio Potter, Kenosha, Wisconsin
1999-2011Art Instructor, Walden III Middle/High School, Racine, Wisconsin
2011-presentIndependent Studio Potter, Racine, Wisconsin
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1970-1973Studio work with Paul Donhauser, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1972Workshop with Warren MacKenzie, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1979Studio work with Phillip Powell, Carthage, College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
1980Workshop with John Glick, Greenwich Gallery, Washington D.C.
BIOGRAPHY
Alex Mandi is known for wheel thrown white earthenware pots, fired using atmospheric techniques of either pit firing or saggar firing.
The pots to be saggar fired are burnished several times while they are drying. When they are bone dry 3-5 coats of terra-sigillata are applied then polished with a chamois. They are first bisque fired at a low temperature and then fired in a saggar at a higher temperature.
Pots to be pit fired are allowed to dry until leather hard and then burnished for the first time, after further drying the pots get a further burnishing until the surface is extremely smooth and shiny. Pots to be pit fired are not glazed before being bisque fired and then fired in a pit.
Public Collections
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Steven’s Point, Wisconsin
Bibliography
“Burning Man.” Left of the Lake, 2014.
Mandi, Alex. “Wisconsin Potters.” Studio Potters Magazine 16, (1987).
___________. Ceramics Monthly, December 1986.
Whitehand, Dawn. Pit Firing Ceramics: Modern Methods, Ancient Traditions. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2013.
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Source: alexmandli.com
Website(s):
Pit fired series
Saggar fired series
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