4. CERAMIC

CERAMIC SCULPTURE: Ceramic vessels, tableware and tiles are some of the earliest examples of 3-dimensional work fabricated by man. Clay is worked into a desired form, then it is subjected to heat to solidify this form. Today Stoneware and Porcelain are popular material choices. Methods of production include hand building through coiling and slab work, throwing on a potter's wheel, and slip casting. Contemporary artists such as Kristen Morgin choose to work in unfired clay as a means of production.


Material Sources:
Clayworks Supplies, Inc 4625 Falls Road Baltimore, Maryland 21209 Phone: 410-235-5998  Fax: 410-235-6061 http://www.clayworkssupplies.com/

Selected Texts and DVDs:

-Ruth Duckworth A Life in Clay by Karen Carter 2004, DVD

-Postmodern Ceramics by Mark Del Vecchio. 2001 Thames & Hudson

-The Craft and Art of Clay by Susan Peterson. 2004 Overlook

-Confrontational Clay: the artist as social critic by Judith S. Schwartz. 2000 Exhibits USA

Selected Ceramic Artists: Robert Arneson, Nicole Cherubini, Ruth Duckworth, Viola Frey, Marilyn Levine,

Kristen Morgin, Rebecca Warren

Robert Arneson, Splat, 1973

Nicole Cherubini, G-Pot, Black Vanitas, 2006

Kristen Morgin, Topolino, 2003. Unfired clay, wood, wire and cement

Rebecca Warren, Teacher (R), 2003, Self-Firing Clay, 72" x 35" x 35"