timothy corvidae
Ceramics
So much art that I love is about questioning, challenging conventions, challenging forms. Pottery, on the other hand, is perhaps one of the most conservative art forms I can imagine. We’re still making pretty much the same objects we’ve been making since the beginning of human making. And I love that. I wrestle with what I am drawn to make--and what I feel I should make--out of clay. How do I make it political? Can I just make it gorgeous? I feel a lot of relief when I hear of potters who do both, but separately. They make provocative, experimental, complicated work that pushes ceramics forward. And then they take a few weeks or months and make some quiet pots.
When I first heard the term quiet pot, it was (a little ironically) like an explosion in my head, like when you take a bite of sushi and the restaurant you’re at uses better wasabi than you’re used to. Or maybe like when it was your first ever bite of wasabi. It was an explosion, because it named the emotional need, the kind of beauty, that I came to pottery to experience. I hope some of my work can occasionally create loudly quiet moments like this for others.
Beastie Friends
Wood-fired work
Vessels
Every day pots
Studio
While I've been playing in mud my whole adult life (I worked earth plastering strawbale houses back in the 90s), I started a life at the wheel 7 years ago. I'm currently putting those old building skills to work converting a hundred year old garage into a ceramic studio.
More on this as it develops . . .