Peter St. Lawrence Kitsune Kagutsuchi
Peter St. Lawrence Kitsune Kagutsuchi
Wood fired shigaraki clay
10.5 x 7 x 9
Peter St. Lawrence Mixed Materials Statement
The collection of pieces I contributed for the Mixed Materials show were created at an art residency inJapan last year. I was staying in the rural rice farming town of Tamba Sasayama and working with the local Shigaraki clay which is characterized by its chunks of feldspar gravel that jut randomly from the clay walls and often melt and burst from the piece at the extreme kiln temperatures. The Shigaraki clay leans so heavily into the direction of unpredictability and imperfection that it becomes celebrated as an object of meditation in the beauty of nature.
The work was all fired in a traditional, wood fired, anagama kiln of an ancient design. As the kiln is slowly brought to temperature over the course of many days, ash from the wood starts to drift throughout the kiln and blanket the pottery within. When the kiln starts to reach the desired temperature of around 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit the ash begins to melt onto the ceramics, glazing it unpredictable ways that are impossible to control. The path of flame within the kiln also contribute to random flashing on the work, that account for surprising color variations and blush tones that are prized for their subtle beauty.
Created from beginning to end in a place and of a place that could never be recreated in exactly the same way, the earth from the ground shaped into objects and bonded with the minerals from the wood of the trees from the surrounding forest, the experience is a profound meditation into materiality.
AVAILABLE FOR BERKELEY, CA PICK UP ONLY. Please contact us at shop@ericatanov.com to coordinate pickup.
All fine art sales are final.
About Peter St. Lawrence
Peter St. Lawrence is an Oakland-based ceramic artist whose work moves between sculpture, design, and space. A graduate of the California College of the Arts, he was a founder and curator of FM, an Oakland art space and collective. Rooted in both ancient sculptural traditions and mid-century modernism, his ceramic forms are at once organic and architectural, defined by subtle texture, intuitive shape, and a reverence for material. His work spans intimate tabletop objects to immersive installations, with exhibitions at the de Young Museum, Vessel Gallery, Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, and SLATE Contemporary.
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Peter St. Lawrence Kitsune Kagutsuchi
Wood fired shigaraki clay
10.5 x 7 x 9
Peter St. Lawrence Mixed Materials Statement
The collection of pieces I contributed for the Mixed Materials show were created at an art residency inJapan last year. I was staying in the rural rice farming town of Tamba Sasayama and working with the local Shigaraki clay which is characterized by its chunks of feldspar gravel that jut randomly from the clay walls and often melt and burst from the piece at the extreme kiln temperatures. The Shigaraki clay leans so heavily into the direction of unpredictability and imperfection that it becomes celebrated as an object of meditation in the beauty of nature.
The work was all fired in a traditional, wood fired, anagama kiln of an ancient design. As the kiln is slowly brought to temperature over the course of many days, ash from the wood starts to drift throughout the kiln and blanket the pottery within. When the kiln starts to reach the desired temperature of around 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit the ash begins to melt onto the ceramics, glazing it unpredictable ways that are impossible to control. The path of flame within the kiln also contribute to random flashing on the work, that account for surprising color variations and blush tones that are prized for their subtle beauty.
Created from beginning to end in a place and of a place that could never be recreated in exactly the same way, the earth from the ground shaped into objects and bonded with the minerals from the wood of the trees from the surrounding forest, the experience is a profound meditation into materiality.
AVAILABLE FOR BERKELEY, CA PICK UP ONLY. Please contact us at shop@ericatanov.com to coordinate pickup.
All fine art sales are final.
About Peter St. Lawrence
Peter St. Lawrence is an Oakland-based ceramic artist whose work moves between sculpture, design, and space. A graduate of the California College of the Arts, he was a founder and curator of FM, an Oakland art space and collective. Rooted in both ancient sculptural traditions and mid-century modernism, his ceramic forms are at once organic and architectural, defined by subtle texture, intuitive shape, and a reverence for material. His work spans intimate tabletop objects to immersive installations, with exhibitions at the de Young Museum, Vessel Gallery, Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, and SLATE Contemporary.