Stuart Carey // Ceramics

STUART CAREY // CERAMICS

TABLEWARE
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STATEMENT

The work consists of sets of thrown stoneware bowls, beakers, jugs, plates, cups and mugs of varying scale. The pieces are tableware although one of the main aims of the work is that each piece can be appreciated as an art object as much as a functional ware

The basis of the work is the intimacy of functional objects. During making the pieces are lifted from the wheel whilst wet and this action and immediacy leaves a movement in the surface, capturing a moment which can be seen and felt by the user. What I want to highlight is how we build similar relationships with functional ceramics as we do with one and other and attempt to produce pieces that demonstrate this interaction and make the user feel something on a physical and emotional level.

Everyone has their favourite cup or bowl to which they have an attachment whether it be for sentimental or aesthetic reasons. We often find ourselves giving objects human characteristics and imagining personalities based on our relationships with them and the emotional links they have to their owners or ourselves. I gently nudge at this point by making pieces where no two are identical, giving each one a unique aesthetic and personality whilst still sitting comfortably within sets or families as I like to think of them, with similarities in style and scale and a complimentary subtle palette of colour and tone.

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Tableware, 2011 - 2012