Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Katie Wargo makes excellent work. She may be hard to find, but here in Orlando all the best things are, a little bit at least. I love having a place to lift that up. I grew up on scrappy punk rock shows. You go if you know. We still have that here. Every day of the week. Thanks always, Chins up xo 0230
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Beautiful. You’re up in Tallahassee right? If Holly is still at FSU tell her Richard from Orlando says hey! 110
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Editing for us stumble-thumbed word nerds! Yes pls 010
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Here for it! Thanks to yall out there gathering the folks. 000
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 03/02/2025We kicked off the year at Crossdraft Gallery with the exhibition “We’re All Friends Here” by @dolomite78.bsky.social and featuring work made by Ian and a selection of folks he’s befriended in the PNW. It was lovely, and you can read all about it here: www.crossdraftgallery.com/exhibitions/... 0161
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025www.crossdraftgallery.com/events Honored to be hosting Katie Wargo and her work. Orlando, Florida, this coming weekend. Link above for details. See (some of) y’all there! 060
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Excellent ✨ look forward to seeing how these develop in the future. 020
Reposted by Richard MunsterDaniel Harris @dnlhrs.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Thinking about the time the Orlando Museum of Art IG page hardposted a collage I made and when I asked them to credit me they deleted it instead 😂 1131
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025What?! 😂 that is a really bizarre decision for someone there to make. 110
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025It really opens up the playing field For both artist and patron. I love seeing what folks do with this sort of work when they bring it into their homes. 010
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I do make cups and stuff, I promise. But I really love forms that leave the field for function open: Vases, boxes, censers, platters. These open ended containers allow for endless play on my end and versatile use on the owners’ end. It’s a collaborative field and I love that. Do what you want 💖 1421
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Little teeny tiny box. One time I went into the gallery to clean and stuff and I opened a small box like this and found the remnants of a lovely pinner that one of our guests thoughtfully left behind and that’s why DIY spaces rule so I gave it to my gallery neighbor and they were happy. Friends. 0110
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The Orlando museum of art has a Crass poster up on their walls. Wild times, yall. Yes sir, I will. 020
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 01/02/2025These boxes are a product of my earliest foray into making work that was less than traditionally functional. I was a studio tech and as such, recycled a lot of clay. The mindless act of chopping and wedging let me see clay in a way I hadn’t before. I’ve been chasing that place of new vision since. 2291
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I discovered these forms while prepping clay to make other forms. Sometimes it works that way and I feel lucky when I see it. These are very thoughtfully made by pounding a cedar 4x4 post with a rebar handle into big blocks of clay until it’s just right. And then stopping. Perfect. 1150
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 31/01/2025😂 yeah. It’s wild out there. You should def get that moped tho! 000
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Oof. That’s a long answer, the research & use part at least. Most everyday folks actually feed it more than they use it. But it can be useful for us commoners. Like, it could build your website 🤷🏼♂️ or generate letters to politicians or write resumes etc. Or make pictures of cats eating politicians. 100
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Three boxes. In undergrad I made a lot of solid objects. Bossman was always “you should hollow this out” and I was like “no” and then I left school and was like “what if I hollowed these out” (I made an urn for a friend) and so I did and then people were all “kuriniki” and was like what? Reductive 0180
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The seasons in Florida often pass more to the rhythm of semesters and as such I find myself revisiting explorations in form accordingly. I made a promise to myself years back to not let teaching dictate my output, but rather to grow it. I found these forms teaching, so now I’m making them w lids. 0180
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I made a few bisque molds that I use to start these. Really versatile, makeable tools, I love them. 110
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I discovered these forms while trying to wrap my head around teaching beginner handbuilding courses and also using that time to make work I’m actually invested in. Which took a good couple of years. Currently making these as lidded boxes. Don’t know til you try. 📦 1130
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Love! It’s really great to see folks develop these kind of surfaces and push the limits of what we expect from electric kilns. 100
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Thanks, Tina! Slow boil but it’s coming along nicely 020
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Orlando art folks: Crossdraft Gallery is proud to present the work of Katie Wargo for a special one weekend only event. Details and map in the link: www.crossdraftgallery.com/events 051
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 28/01/2025For those local to Orlando, or passing through, I’ll be using this platform to help with promotion and engagement for ceramic exhibitions I host here in town. For y’all not local, I’m building a website. It’s in progress, but let’s throw it into the sky anyway: www.crossdraftgallery.com 1121
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Also agree, though I do believe the economy of small choices is super valuable on some scales. Second hand, fixing stuff, avoiding products from known bad actors etc. Pennies make pounds eventually. 020
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Accurate. I’m keeping meta on board for a bit because i want to know and see what shape they take as all this garbage shakes out. It’s weird how boycotting communication platforms seems so much less directly transactional than boycotting traditional products etc. Def a conversation to play out there 100
Richard Munster @richardmunster.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I think it’s really vital at this juncture that we not give over methods of mass communication and information sharing to the corporate overlords who have provided it to us. I think it’s time to bite the hand that feeds. Hard. But also hi there, Bluesky! 1100
