Sunday, October 5, 2008

ceramist

The link above is the website of Denmark's Steen Ipsen. He is an educator/administrator at the Danish School of Design and as is site states works on intuiton and emotion rather then the logic and analyse that many of his peices would lead a viewer of the works to assume. Ipsen is one of Denmarks leading modern ceramist's. Through this site you can see some of his serial work such as,

tied-up: each piece is a collection of inter-connected spheres generally with a thin leather strip tied about them were the circles appear to connect to one another.
organic bubbles: similiar pieces to that of the tied-up collection but not with the leather stripping and more complex glazing. these peices seem to really grow and expand from some unseen central origin. The glazing he's used on them only helps with the appearance of the growth.

along with some of his other ceramic pieces. Here is what Ipsen says about his art,

Artist statement
By Steen Ipsen
I seek a complex and decorative ceramic expression that is kaleidoscopic, overwhelming and has lush visual and tactile appeal
My work is theme and variation. I make my works in series, turning over and challenging, repeating and varying a shape or decorative theme until individual pieces remain as unique objects. The works are structured and constructed, following certain rules. Elements of form are repeated and combined according to geometric systems or organic and mineral growth principles, such as cell division, gemmation and crystallization. For me, it’s very much about the relation between methodical and chaotic, simple and complex.
I work in a decorative ceramic expression involving both form and decoration. Decoration is integrated into the form, and the form itself is spatially decorative. Different layers of decorative devices engage in a complex interaction, by turns emerging, disappearing and coming together to form a whole again.
(The above statement taken from the Steen Ipsen web page)

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