Colby Charpintier Ceramic

Colby received his bfa in ceramics and glass from the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university in 2013.

Colby charpintier ceramic.

His vessels are true to utility but like those of val cushing remain sculptural. Colby charpentier b 1991 is an artist working primarily in ceramics. Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier. The result is ceramic.

Individuals will have the opportunity to build relevant skills in research. 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. Champentier s sculptural work can reference monumental industrial machinery components or complex scale like stands for vessel forms. Ceramicists are part scientists attuned to firing.

We know immediately what a cup is from its scale proportions and simple format. 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. Cups are about accessibility. Colby charpentier makes both functional wheel thrown stoneware vessels and sculptures which are high fired in a wood kiln.

Each drop is a waypoint in the design of the object. Colby charpentier builds ceramic vessels exclusively using glaze. Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier. Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier.

Colby charpentier is an artist in residence at the morean center for clay in st. Colby charpentier replied to missy s topic in studio operations and making work. His work addresses materiality and relationships between architecture and the vessel. Darrah bowden for the ceramics program office for the arts at harvard.

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. From there they become an exploration of relationships between utility and the body movement and volume surface and color. I want my cup volumes to express. It also tends to require polished surfaces to create a strong bond.

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