Madeline Kaczmarczyk

b.1949, Detroit, Michigan

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

City of Grand Rapids, MI
City of Rockford, MI
Hyatt Regency World Headquarters, IL
Steelcase Headquarters, MI
Fountain Street Church, MI

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2004 The Teapot Show, Gallery Arcadia, Grand Rapids, MI
Steeped In Tradition: Design and Embellishment, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
From Women's Hands, Grand Traverse Heritage Center, Traverse City, MI
A Spot of Tea, Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA
1999-2004 Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
2002-03 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Master Teachers, Frederik Mejier Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
1992 A Tea Party, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 University of Michigan, Flint Campus, MI
1988 The Dripless Spout - Innovative Teapots, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1986 A Madcap Teapot Party, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
1985 Muskegon Museum of Art, MI
1984 Grand Valley State College, Allendale, MI
1978 For the Tabletop, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1977 Extended Media - Fresh Visions, The Detroit Art Institute, MI

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2003 Tea Anyone? The Donna Moog Collection, Racine Art Museum, Sundog Printing
2001 Ceramic Extruding–Inspiration and Technique, Latka, Tom and Jean, Krause Publishing
1992 Ceramics Monthly, September 1992

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

My work is hand-made in my rural studio near Grand Rapids, Michigan. I individually craft each piece using a slab roller or potter's wheel. When the piece is just dry (called greenware) I airbrush colored underglazes in multiple layers to develop surface depth, then fire a second time for a shiny glaze. A third firing is done after luster glazes are applied to specific areas. These luster glazes actually contain a small amount of real silver or gold. The piece is now ready for a mixed media collage. I really get caught up in this process and enjoy it immensely. There is a certain amount of spontaneity and "happy accidents" that come as I work quickly in the resin and grout mixture.

I choose a number of found objects that can include glass, stone, hammered copper, beads or whatever I think will work well together. I like the pieces to be interesting visually and thematically. Often times the objects themselves will suggest new ideas or new forms in clay.