WFC An International Collection of Wood-fired and Sculptural Ceramics 薪窯陶芸と彫刻陶芸 インターナショナル・コレクション Een Internationale Collectie van Houtgestookte en Beeldhouwtechnieken Keramiek Une Collection Internationale du Feu de Bois et Céramique Sculptural ????????????
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Ben Brierley
Loughborough, United Kingdom
My ceramic work is concerned with the malleability of material through making and firing. I endeavour to capture the softness of wheel thrown clay in the finished objects. My work revolves around a concept of function sometimes breaking through into it and sometimes referencing it. Forms are informed by early animated film such as Disney’s fantasia, particularly the ‘sorcerers apprentice’, where domestic utilitarian objects are anthropomorphised, taking on human gestures and interactions.
All pieces are fired in wood fired anagama kilns for three to five days, using the pyroplasticity, fly ash and flame flashing of the firing to accentuate the softness and movement within the form. I have developed several stoneware clays and porcelains which respond directly to the atmospheres generated within the kiln and respond to direct flame impingement during protracted wood firings. Some of the work is partially glazed with titanium ash glaze and carbon trapping shinos. All pieces are assembled and altered while soft.
Ben Brierley August 06
All pieces are fired in wood fired anagama kilns for three to five days, using the pyroplasticity, fly ash and flame flashing of the firing to accentuate the softness and movement within the form. I have developed several stoneware clays and porcelains which respond directly to the atmospheres generated within the kiln and respond to direct flame impingement during protracted wood firings. Some of the work is partially glazed with titanium ash glaze and carbon trapping shinos. All pieces are assembled and altered while soft.
Ben Brierley August 06
Ben Brierley
Loughborough, United Kingdom
My ceramic work is concerned with the malleability of material through making and firing. I endeavour to capture the softness of wheel thrown clay in the finished objects. My work revolves around a concept of function sometimes breaking through into it and sometimes referencing it. Forms are informed by early animated film such as Disney’s fantasia, particularly the ‘sorcerers apprentice’, where domestic utilitarian objects are anthropomorphised, taking on human gestures and interactions.
All pieces are fired in wood fired anagama kilns for three to five days, using the pyroplasticity, fly ash and flame flashing of the firing to accentuate the softness and movement within the form. I have developed several stoneware clays and porcelains which respond directly to the atmospheres generated within the kiln and respond to direct flame impingement during protracted wood firings. Some of the work is partially glazed with titanium ash glaze and carbon trapping shinos. All pieces are assembled and altered while soft.
Ben Brierley August 06
All pieces are fired in wood fired anagama kilns for three to five days, using the pyroplasticity, fly ash and flame flashing of the firing to accentuate the softness and movement within the form. I have developed several stoneware clays and porcelains which respond directly to the atmospheres generated within the kiln and respond to direct flame impingement during protracted wood firings. Some of the work is partially glazed with titanium ash glaze and carbon trapping shinos. All pieces are assembled and altered while soft.
Ben Brierley August 06
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