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Roane State art professor’s ceramics showcased in national magazine

Posted at 11:03 pm November 4, 2019
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This ad featuring some of the whimsical creations of Roane State Community College art professor Bryan Wilkerson was featured in a recent edition of “Ceramics Monthly.” (Photo courtesy RSCC)

A Roane State Community College art professor’s whimsical creations—including grinning skulls and mystical creatures on ceramic mugs and bowls, and a brightly painted ceramic wheel—are showcased in a page ad in “Ceramics Monthly,” the nation’s foremost magazine devoted to clay artistry, a press release said.

Bryan Wilkerson’s handiwork, including his painting of a pottery wheel, are featured in the ad taken by AMACO Brent, also known as the American Art and Clay Company, in celebration of the company’s 50th year in business.

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Filed Under: Arts, College, Education, Entertainment Tagged With: AMACO Brent, American Arts and Clay Company, art professor, Bryan Wilkerson, ceramics, Roane State Community College, Teres Duncan

Roane State-ORHS dual credit ceramics class gives students new perspectives

Posted at 12:37 pm May 19, 2015
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Bryan Wilkerson and Katie Stewart in Ceramics Class

Roane State art professor Bryan Wilkerson works with student Katie Stewart during the college’s dual credit ceramics class at Oak Ridge High School. (Submitted photo)

 

For now, Oak Ridge High School ceramics students create sculptures, bowls, and figures.

Maybe later, they’ll create new businesses, innovative products, and groundbreaking technology.

Either way, the process is the same. Start with mush—clay for the moment. Use creativity, problem-solving, and analysis to turn the mush into something special. That’s the lesson Roane State Community College art professor Bryan Wilkerson wants the Oak Ridge students to learn in his dual credit ceramics classes.

“I treat this no differently than all of my classes,” Wilkerson said. “I want them to come away with an understanding of techniques. I’m also trying to help them develop their own artistic direction, creative problem-solving, how to start with an idea and see it through to a finished piece.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, College, Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: art, Bryan Wilkerson, ceramics, ceramics class, ceramics courses, ceramics students, Gisela Schrock, Oak Ridge High School, pottery, Roane State Community College

Honors: Hemrick of ORNL receives ASM International Silver Medal Award

Posted at 5:38 pm July 14, 2014
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James Hemrick

James Hemrick

James Hemrick of Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the co-recipient of the 2014 ASM International Silver Medal Award. The award recognizes two mid-career researchers each year—one from academia and one from industry—who have filled leadership roles in the society and made significant contributions in materials science and engineering.

Hemrick’s research focuses on advanced refractory ceramic and insulation materials, mechanical properties of ceramics. and other high temperature materials and mechanical evaluation of nuclear fuel clad materials.

Hemrick, who works in the Materials Science and Technology Division, received his doctorate in ceramic engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He lives in Knoxville.

Filed Under: Honors and Spotlight, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: ASM International Silver Medal Award, ceramics, engineering, James Hemrick, materials science, Materials Science and Technology Division, nuclear fuel clad materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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