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| Chris Gustin Teabowl porcelain, wheel thrown, altered, wood-fired (4.25 x 4.5 inches) CUP 080 $250 |
Statement:
Most of my work is of a much larger scale, with function and utility left behind in order to pursue ideas of sculptural form and abstraction. Yet the desire to make things that function in our daily lives still resonates deeply within me.
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| Chris Gustin Teabowl porcelain, wheel thrown, altered, wood-fired (4 x 4.25 inches) CUP 081 $250 |
I make tea bowls only a
couple of times a year, when I’m getting ready to fire my wood kiln. Making tea bowls is a way for me to connect
with the basics of functional ceramics and to touch the roots of utilitarian
clay. What interests me about the form is in its scale and inherent intimacy,
in the way our hand interacts with the object, quietly taking in information
while we go about our task of drinking our morning coffee or tea. The tea bowl
is a small object, but it has the potential to be a universe in and of itself.
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| Chris Gustin Teabowl porcelain, wheel thrown, altered, wood-fired (3.5 x 4.5 inches) CUP 082 $250 |
Bio:
Chris is a studio artist and was a Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where he retired in 1998. Chris received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1975, and his MFA from Alfred University in 1977. Chris lives and works in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
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| Chris Gustin Teabowl porcelain, wheel thrown, altered, wood-fired (4.5 x 4.75 inches) CUP 083 $250 |
Chris’ work is published extensively, and is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation in Icheon, Korea, and the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.
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| Chris Gustin Teabowl porcelain, wheel thrown, altered, wood-fired (4 x 4.75 inches) CUP 084 $250 |
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