Featured Artist
Madeline Kaczmarczyk - Ceramics
I bought my first art fair piece from Madeline and her husband Jerry at the Ann Arbor Art Fair in l976, and still have it today. It is a small ceramic pin with the image of their cat, Detroit, on it. In the succeeding years I have watched Madeline's work grow and change. She has the consummate art fair career, a mix of intrepid marketing, meeting the public, following her muse, being chosen for group shows, museum placements, speaking and teaching.
Vase - slab formed and airbrushed with underglazes
Madeline's artist statement:
"I was the little girl who always made potholders on a plastic loom on the backyard picnic table. I am the daughter of Irene who baked the fabulous cakes with four tiers of frosted roses, fiber optic lights and fountains. I am the granddaughter of Francis who crocheted tablecloths for the bosses at Ford Motors so her husband could keep his job during the Depression.
The women in our family make beauty with their hands. At the core was the need to express what could not be put in words and for the joy of creation. The more fine detail and embellishment, the greater the accomplishment. My working mission statement was therefore written on my heart, but it was not until I was a “middle years” adult that I could hear it clearly.
Clay is my primary medium. Currently I slab build low-fire white or terra cotta clay into functional or sculptural objects. The surface is airbrushed with matt glazes, often fired up to five times for an interesting glaze surface. Some pieces are embellished after firing with mixed media, including thousands of seed beads."
"The Glory of True Love:
Jerry and I were driving to Colorado and the sun was shining. A huge black storm was rolling in over the mountains. The dueling weather patterns were duking it out over a field of back lit sunflowers. John Prine's "The Glory of True Love" was playing on CD. I came home and made this piece.
Clay and Beads. 18"x12"x4"
Madeline's art fair story:
"I started (with Jerry Berta) in 1974. I fell into it really. Making so many pots, I sold them so I could make more. I loved working in clay- and still do! Suddenly that bit of income became more serious than the part time jobs I had. My work has changed so much from those brown wheel thrown stoneware pots I used to make. Like life - it's been a progression.
I now teach as an adjunct instructor of Ceramics at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. Although I do not do as many shows as I once did - I still love to pack up the van with Jerry and exhibit next to him. It has been a life of adventure, aesthetic delight and satisfaction."
Madeline and her husband Jerry are probably Michigan's best known art fair couples. Starting out in Detroit at Pewabic Pottery, they have been fixtures at the best art fairs throughout the state since the l970's. They live in Rockford, MI, and are the very proud parents of two amazing children, who grew up behind their booth at the art fairs, but now with advanced degrees from prestigious schools are following other paths.
You will enjoy meeting Madeline and amazed at the range of her body of work. Clearly her pieces are a labor of love and the product of a mature artist.
"At the Ann Arbor South University Art Fair (in Ann Arbor) I will be exhibiting two large scale mosaic sculptures along with the next generation of teapots, vases and perfume bottles. One is a "Mother Earth" piece and the second is an "Astro Teapot" inspired by our son, Zach studying astro physics. Each has it's own story I'd love to share.
I'll be setting up on July 14th, celebrating my big 60th! Jerry Berta, ("Mr. Diner Guy") and I are next to each other on South University, booths #80 and #81.
See Madeline this month in Cleveland Heights, OH, at the Cain Park Arts Festival - July 10-12 and in Ann Arbor, MI, at the South University Art Fair, July 15-18. Be sure to wish her a happy birthday!
Learn more and see her vases, teapots, vases and perfume bottles at this site: www.madclaypots.com
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