Catherine White Ceramics

Words and drawings like a string of beads.

Catherine white ceramics.

Catherine white pottery galleries. Examining past firings each one distinctly stands out. I love the metamorphosis of clay from dust to mud to rock via the collaboration of hand clay fire and use. As my glaze work evolved i added layers obtaining depth and variation by irregularly applying a.

I live and work in the rolling hills of virginia one hour west of washington dc. Firing the anagama is a collaboration. Both her ceramics and drawings reflect the balanced japanese aesthetic and her site has a grounded zen ambience. Catherine white s ceramic blog on her work and perceptions is paradoxically labelled rough ideas as her ceramic pieces and presentation are superb and very refined.

I am committed to making objects both artistic and usable. In the summertime i keep a journal that is based on stringing beads. I work in partnership with the clay heat flame and ash deposits. The bride until recently was a ceramics teacher at the columbia md visual arts college from which mr.

Saved by staci lee thompson. White a ceramic artist is married to warren alan frederick. These pots came out of giving myself the assignment to use up a batch of clay and a shape that will. I chose to work in a white clay with a gas fired clear glaze.

When we started our studio the first and fundamental inspiration i drew from woodfired pottery was to strip my work of surface decoration. 1 122 likes 20 comments catherine white artistpotter on instagram. Findings 8 nancy selvin 2012 bottles catherine white still life 3d nancy selvin and catherine white are both talented artists that fuse imagery of pottery real pots and drawings into clever collages that blur the distinction between 2d and 3d to present hybrid wholistic dimensions that could almost be described as 2 5d presented in a still life tradition. See link below.

The photography and use of quotes and poetry with her ceramic display are really worth a look.