Colby Charpintier Ceramic

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Colby charpintier ceramic. Darrah bowden for the ceramics program office for the arts at harvard. His vessels are true to utility but like those of val cushing remain sculptural. The result is ceramic. I want my cup volumes to express.

Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier. Colby charpentier is an artist in residence at the morean center for clay in st. He received a bfa in ceramics and glass from alfred university in 2013 and worked as a studio assistant to chris gustin and daniel clayman between 2013 and 2016. Ceramicists are part scientists attuned to firing.

Colby charpentier s 3d printed ceramic vessels can take up to 40 hours that s because they are made one droplet at a time a time frame in which the artist explains tens of thousands of decisions are made and executed about how the vessel is built. Each drop is a waypoint in the design of the object. It also tends to require polished surfaces to create a strong bond. Colby charpentier builds ceramic vessels exclusively using glaze.

Cups are about accessibility. If you can take care of those obstacles uv is workable. Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier. Uv glue needs clear glass to permit light transmition for the curing process.

Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier. Champentier s sculptural work can reference monumental industrial machinery components or complex scale like stands for vessel forms. From there they become an exploration of relationships between utility and the body movement and volume surface and color. Colby received his bfa in ceramics and glass from the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university in 2013.

About the artist in residence program the artist in residence program through the ceramics program office for the arts at harvard offers dedicated artists the opportunity to involve themselves in research and growth pushing their art in new directions in a dynamic urban studio connected to the harvard community. Colby charpentier b 1991 is an artist working primarily in ceramics. His work addresses materiality and relationships between architecture and the vessel. Colby charpentier makes both functional wheel thrown stoneware vessels and sculptures which are high fired in a wood kiln.

Colby charpentier replied to missy s topic in studio operations and making work.