{"id":38405,"date":"2021-06-04T22:04:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T05:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=38405"},"modified":"2021-06-05T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T21:50:47","slug":"choose-your-own-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/choose-your-own-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;choose your own adventure&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/choose-your-own-adventure\/emilycounts1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38406\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"805\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19362692\/height\/26\/theme\/standard-mini\/thumbnail\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Seattle based artist <a href=\"https:\/\/emilycounts.com\/\">Emily Counts<\/a> makes the most magical ceramic sculptures. Some of them hang on the wall, interlocked into beautiful narratives, while others tell their stories standing free&#8230; and ALL of them are gorgeous \/ make me wish i knew how to use a kiln! I have questions about Emily&#8217;s childhood {because for some reason I always want to know that part!}, we talked about how she found her way to ceramics, her current process, stained glass, mushrooms, grief, grandmothers, haircuts and more. Don&#8217;t worry. It&#8217;ll make sense. Look\/listen under that lovely photo of Emily in her studio <em>{shot by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amberfouts\/\">Amber Fouts<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luxemagazine\/\">Luxe Magazine<\/a>}<\/em>, or subscribe on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2ELjX4nIVWpI3XMNW139WN\">Spotify.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s kick things off with the first piece of Emily&#8217;s I ever saw \/ instantly became obsessed with. It&#8217;s titled, &#8220;<i>Forage and Pour&#8221;:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/choose-your-own-adventure\/emilycounts2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38407\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3810\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Looooooove.<\/em> And yes, I popped another one of her wall pieces in there because, um, how could I not. It&#8217;s titled &#8220;<i>Catenary Vessel&#8221;<\/i>, and I love it too!<\/p>\n<p>Next, Emily&#8217;s CERAMIC MURAL <em>{!?}:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/choose-your-own-adventure\/emilycounts3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38408\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"4015\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that crazy amazing!? You might recognize it because I wrote about it, IN DETAIL, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/07\/emily-counts\/\">last summer<\/a>. This was at Facebook&#8217;s Redmond, WA location, and part of their Artist-in-Residence program.<\/p>\n<p><em>Oooh,<\/em> next&#8230; some &#8220;portraits&#8221;, complete with stained glass eyes etc:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/choose-your-own-adventure\/emilycounts4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38409\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts4-569x2048.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t they lovely? And they have Emily&#8217;s bangs!<\/p>\n<p>Up next, interlocking vessels:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/choose-your-own-adventure\/emilycounts5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38410\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts5-386x1536.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts5-515x2048.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, the mushrooms and flowers she talked about. Magical. Also, I really want to see Emily and her husband try to drink ginger tea out of these at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a peek at Emily&#8217;s current show, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationale.us\/emily-counts-souvenir-2021\"><em>Souvenir<\/em><\/a>. at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationale.us\/\">Nationale<\/a> in Portland:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/choose-your-own-adventure\/emilycounts6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38411\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/emilycounts6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"4494\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See? <em>This<\/em> is why I&#8217;m such a HUGE fan of Emily. Oh my word, it&#8217;s all so gorgeous. I put in that final image so you could get a better look at the glass. What a renaissance woman! She make do it <em>allllllll.<\/em> Oh, and great news if you&#8217;re in Portland, this show has been extended until July 8th. Thank you so much to Emily for sharing all of her stories with us <em>{and for encouraging me to get a kiln!!!}<\/em>; thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/wireframe?sid=podcast.artforyourear_nospaces\">Wireframe<\/a> for supporting this episode; and great big thanks to YOU for listening. There will be more ART FOR\u00a0 YOUR EAR next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Other links:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/emilyraecounts\/\">Emily on Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bio photo of Emily by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amberfouts\/\">Amber Fouts<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luxemagazine\/\">Luxe Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationale.us\/emily-counts-souvenir-2021\">&#8220;Souvenir&#8221; at Nationale {until July 8}<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studioegallery\/\">studio e gallery {Seattle}<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soilart.org\/\">SOIL show!<\/a>&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklynnjohnsonart.com\/\">Brooklynn Johnson<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelthomander.com\/\">Rachel Thomander<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/kirkyamahira.com\/\">Ko Kirk Yamahira<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/susannah_montague\/\">Susannah Montague, Sculptor<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/wireframe?sid=podcast.artforyourear_nospaces\">Wireframe {Podcast}<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle based artist Emily Counts makes the most magical ceramic sculptures. Some of them hang on the wall, interlocked into beautiful narratives, while others tell their stories standing free&#8230; and ALL of them are gorgeous \/ make me wish i knew how to use a kiln! 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