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Chris Gustin

Chris Gustin

https://gustinceramics.com/

I am interested in pottery that make connections to the human figure. The figurative analogies used to describe pots throughout history all in some way invite touch. The pots that I respond to all speak of a clear, direct sense of the hand. The hand is celebrated in the work by its maker, whether it is that of a fifteenth-century rural potter or a nineteenth-century court artisan. And it becomes a necessary tool for the user in understanding the relationship of the object to its function, and subsequently, to how that object informs one’s life. Though most of my work only alludes to function, I use the pot context because of its immense possibilities for abstraction. The skin of the clay holds the invisible interior of the vessel. How I manipulate my forms “around” that air, constraining it, enclosing it, or letting it expand and swell, can allow analogy and metaphor to enter into the work.

B689: Main image for Bowl made by Chris Gustin

Bowl

B631: Main image for Serving Bowl made by Chris Gustin

Serving Bowl

SW221: Main image for Ice Bucket made by Chris Gustin

Ice Bucket

C510: Main image for Cup made by Chris Gustin

Cup

C215: Main image for Cup made by Chris Gustin

Cup

C178: Main image for Cup made by Chris Gustin

Cup

C36: Main image for Cup made by Chris Gustin

Cup

V03: Main image for Vase made by Chris Gustin

Vase

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