Traditional Art, Contemporary Style
Influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, Carter takes original hand crafted ceramic art tiles and blends them with mosaics and American hardwoods to make decorative furnishings and accessories for the home or office.
2009 Summer and Fall Ceramic Art Activities
Booth Display
Now that winter is over, I’ve been busy planting my garden and working in the shop getting ready for upcoming shows and classes. This is always a hectic time for me, and a time when I’m being pulled between two things I love…creating in the garden (this is a vegetable garden) and creating in my shop.
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Creating Memories for Life
Alpha carved tile
Headstone
Omega carved tile
Roses and Kisses
Front Tile Panel of Cherry Funerary Box
A year ago last fall (yeah - 2007) I was approached by my friend Tom to make a funerary box for his wife Shirley who had passed away on June 12, 2007. Although I said yes - I really had no idea how to go about it. Back in the ‘70s, when I was throwing pots in Southern Ohio, I had made an “ash pot” (a salt-glazed jug with a leather and bone lid)– I always figured I might use that for my self – but a funerary box was something totally different!
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February Arts & Crafts Conference
Cherry Clock with ceramic tile face
February is a great month for me…it’s my birthday month (I’m a Groundhog Day baby) and every year Marty (my wife) and I take a trip to Asheville NC on the third weekend in February to attend the Arts & Crafts Conference and Antique Show at the Grove Park Inn. This show is definitely the place for enthusiasts (and collectors) of period pieces from the Arts & Crafts Movement (and lovers of Mission Style and Craftsman Style products). The Grove Park Inn in itself is a piece of work, not to mention all of the contemporary craftsmen that are reproducing products from the period and the actual antiques that you can see (and buy).
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