My transition from porcelain to black clay started in the factory. When using clay, I prefer to choose a clay body that has the surface and color that I want, rather than apply a paint or ceramic skin to the surface. As part of my residency, I altered the vitreous casting body used for their toilets and sinks to create a vitreous black slip.
These pieces are still based on genre paintings, but strongly reference drawing as well. Whiteness in my work is this- absence, loss, void, and isolation. Blackness in my work is both presence and absence. It is a query regarding stability, permanence and the rendering of space.
right:
Curved Front Sideboard, 2004
This piece is constructed from slip cast black china clay components. 44" x 62" x 16.5"
Photo by Susan Carr
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