Keith designs and makes contemporary ceramic objects that explore form, line, texture and shade.
- 公司獎項
- Best Ceramics, Contemporary Craft Festival – 2013.
- 地址
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61 Lower Whitelands
BA3 3JP Radstock
英國
+44-7727082721 www.keithvarney.co.uk
My hand built, folded and constructed objects explore form, line, texture and shade. The interplay of changing light and the viewer’s perspective give rise to a shift in perception of the forms; their translucent nature allows the interiors to reflect a sense of luminosity.
Porcelain is a challenging material to work with but the qualities of its surface, its translucency and almost ethereal nature when used in eggshell thin sheets has driven me to investigate its wide potential. By combining elements of slip casting, hand building and origami, I have developed a technique that produces distinctive sculptural objects.
I work intensively and methodically, absorbed in processes on the very edge of the material possibilities of porcelain. The objects are then fired almost to the point of melting. This carries some risk but produces a seductive and organic movement of the forms as they are affected by the intense heat.
