Hayne Bayless
C W O S ARTIST
Other media: Metal, Wood
Sideways Studio
315 Peck St, Bldg. 9, Fl. 2
New Haven, CT 06513
Neighborhood : New Haven: Erector Square
Email: hayne (at) sidewaysstudio (dot) com
Website: http://sidewaysstudio.com
Artist Statement
I love what spawns in the friction between what I want the material to do and what it would rather do. The unintended result, often misread as a mistake and so dismissed, is one of the most fertile sources of new ideas. The trick is not to fool with the material's inherent desire to be expressive.
Hand-building lets me take advantage of clay's ability to capture gesture and movement, and its power to record processes. I'm intrigued by what happens when clay is rolled, stretched, pressed, incised, inlayed, extruded, bent, cut and put back together.
I get inspiration from Japanese paper stencils, Jomon-period pots, Zhou Dynasty ritual bronzes, English and Colonial silver, pewter and tinware, contemporary architecture and sculpture, Andean folk music and 1960s rhythm & blues.
Constantin Brancusi wrote in 1927:
“Each material has its own life ... we must not try to make materials speak our language, we must go with them to the point where others will understand their language."
Selected Works
|  Cream & Sugar Set - 2009 - handbuilt stoneware - 6 1/2 in. tall  Three-Tiered Box - 2009 - handbuilt stoneware - 5 in. tall  Coffee mugs - 2009 - handbuilt stoneware - 4 in. tall |
Artist Bio
CRAFT SHOWS
Smithsonian Craft Show / Wash. D.C., '94, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '03, ‘06
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show / Philadelphia, '93, '97, '99, '00, '02, '03, '04, '05, ‘07
The Art School at Old Church Invitational Pottery Show / Demarest, NJ, '94, '95, '96, ‘08
Minnesota Potters Tour / St. Croix River Valley, MN, '00, '02, '05, ‘09
Pottery Invitational / Worcester Craft Center, MA '03, '04, '05, '06 curator: Karen Karnes
Karen Karnes & Friends / Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT, '99, '00, '01
City-Wide Open Studios / New Haven, CT, '99 through '09
CraftBoston / Boston, '02, '03, '04, '06, '07, '08, ‘09
Crafts at the Castle / Boston, '98, '99
INVITATIONAL GALLERY SHOWS & JURIED COMPETITIONS
Firing Partners with Sam Taylor, Dog Bar Pottery / Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA, 2008
Yunomi Invitational / AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, 2007, 2008
National Teapot Show / Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC, 1996, 1999, 2008
From the Earth / NCECA-Louisville Museum of Art, 2007; curators Joe Bova, Bob Shay
Bourbon Bottles in the Bluegrass / NCECA-Louisville Stoneware, 2007; curator Fong Choo
100 Teapots III / Baltimore Clayworks, 2007; juror Julia Galloway
30 x 5 / AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, 2006
40 Years of Clay; Pottery Northwest Alumni & Residents / Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, 2006
Simple Cup Invitational / KOBO at Higo Gallery, Seattle, 2006; curators Sequoia Miller & Peter Olsen
Forms & Shapes: The Useful Teapot / AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, 2006; curator Ron Meyers
Ceramic Invitational / Westchester Arts Workshop, White Plains, NY, 2006; curator Harriet Ross
Tea Time: The Art of the Teapot / Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, MI, 2006
Chain Reaction Invitational 2005, Invited for Tea 2006 / Earth & Fire Gallery, Leesburg, VA,
Our Cups Runneth Over / Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, 2004, 2006
Working Potters: Mentors & Colleagues / Birke Art Gallery, Huntington, WV, 2004; curator Gay Smith
Creations in Clay: Contemporary New England Ceramics / Currier Museum of Art, NH, 2004
Teapots: Object to Subject / Craft Alliance, MO, 2004; curator Leslie Ferrin
Strictly Functional Pottery National / Lancaster, PA; 1995 juror Chris Staley; 2002 juror Jack Troy
Solo Show / The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, 2002
Pots Presented / Baltimore Clayworks, 2002; curator Nick Joerling
Objects for Use: Handmade by Design / American Craft Museum, NYC, 2001
Craft Forms / Wayne Art Center, PA; 1998 juror William P. Daley; 2001 juror Michael Monroe
Teapots Transformed / Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, 2001; curator Leslie Ferrin
Ceramics USA / Univ. of North Texas; 1996 juror Don Reitz; 2000 juror Ellen Shankin
Cups a la carte and Hot Tea / del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000
Solo Show / The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, 1999; two-person show, 1997
The Art of Pouring / The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, 1999
Studio Potter Collection & Selected Works / New Hampshire Institute of Art, 1998
Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award / Auckland, NZ, 1997; juror Janet Mansfield
Feats of Clay X / Lincoln, CA; 1997 juror Ken Ferguson, & IX 1996 juror Don Reitz
Colorforms: Teapots & Cups / Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA, 1997
Fifth Annual Teapot Exhibit / Craft Alliance, St. Louis, 1997
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago / Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, 1996
Clay in Retrospect / Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 1996
AWARDS
Smithsonian Craft Show, 1999 Award of Excellence
Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, 1997 Third Place Award; 1993 Best Ceramics in Show
National Teapot Show III, Cedar Creek Gallery, 1996 Award of Excellence
Orton Cone Box Show, 1998 Purchase Award
Feats of Clay 1996 Purchase Award, Merit Award; 1994 Purchase Award, two Merit Awards
GALLERIES
AKAR Design, Iowa City
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
Red Lodge Clay Center, MT
Washington Street Gallery, Lewisburg, WV
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia