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	<title>Heidi McKenzie</title>
	<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca</link>
	<description>Ceramic Artist</description>
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		<title>Crating &#8211; Hindsight is 20/20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Portrait is the resurrection of my agate-ware piece with over 20 varying bands of clay epoxied onto the frame and each other of the sculpture &#8211; it&#8217;s a bit tricky to move and mount &#8211; and I had Charles in furniture build me a crate especially to transport the piece.  Had I thought about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/crating-hindsight-is-2020/</link>
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		<title>Building In a Bowl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back to using a container to shape the sculpture &#8211; but this time I&#8217;m building from the top down or up as the case may be.  Making the bands in my 20&#8243; bats and attaching each one separately two or three per day &#8211; drying slowly, using cone 6 porcelain.  I&#8217;m slinging the bands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/building-in-a-bowl/</link>
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		<title>Susan Collett opens her studio to Sheridan grads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We started the week on Monday in Susan Collett&#8217;s studio.  I have been a convert and a fan of Susan and her work for the past couple of years &#8211; and was completely blown away by her generosity of spirit in letting us into her life, sharing her trajectory as she moved from print maker [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/susan-collett-opens-her-studio-to-sheridan-grads/</link>
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		<title>Seeing Serra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At NCECA last week I ran out of the civilized group dinner on the wharf to catch the sculpture garden before the sun set &#8211; and got to meander through a Richard Serra sculpture all on my own &#8211; it was magical &#8211; and this man really knows his lines!!!!  I dream about making something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/seeing-serra/</link>
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		<title>CARPE DIEM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I gave my presentation today at NCECA in Seattle &#8211; in front of 300+ captivated crowd of artists, art educators and emerging artists.  I was floored by the response and positive feedback.  In a nutshell &#8211; GET OUT THERE!!!! you can learn to network and put yourself out there with passion and zeal and something&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/carpe-diem/</link>
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		<title>Anima</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the series Anima, bands of thrown and altered clay are coaxed into kinetic rhythms with attention to line and speed, density and fluidity, and the timelessness of the ephemeral. Each piece drives toward harmony or chaos, yearning for transcendence or resolution.]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/anima/</link>
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		<title>Maru</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Maru series speakx to the complex dynamic of human interaction. The inter-linked rings fashion a weathered permanence that belies the fragility of their medium. The rings’ patinas hint at the trials and tribulations that are part of the transformative process of living, which is both collective and individual.]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/maru/</link>
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		<title>Woodworking the Spine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been grappling with getting my anima sculptures &#8220;up&#8221; and while re-working with &#8220;family portrait&#8221; the piece I had thrown for end of term in December for the OCC exhibition, I moved through planning to glaze it onto a kiln shelf, to glazing the first layer onto a ceramic octagonal platform, to attaching the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/woodworking-the-spine/</link>
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		<title>Jim Hake &#8211; a little help from my friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Hake is my neighbor and an incredibly gifts sculptor and teacher.  He dropped by this afternoon and I had an impromptu crit &#8211; he gave me some very positive feedback and encouraged me to try wedging in frit with the agate-ware to give it a slight sheen instead of oil or shellac.  We also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/jim-hake-a-little-help-from-my-friend/</link>
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		<title>The Artist Project &#8211; Inspiration and Friendly Faces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the afternoon zig zagging my way around the Toronto Artist Project &#8211; and finding lots of friendly and familiar faces.  It was very encouraging to find Sheridan alumni, and one of my influencers, Jason Holley &#8211; jolly and keen to talk to me about his process and inspiration for raku rings.  I sat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heidimckenzie.ca/the-artist-project-inspiration-and-friendly-faces/</link>
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