Ian Childers Ceramics

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Ian childers ceramics.

2011 georgia pottery invitational watkinsville ga. Through chemistry and a very specific firing schedule i am able to grow two dimensional crystals on the surface of the pots. I no longer live in an urban environment so instead of writing my name in paint and ink i needed something more reflective of myself as i stand today. Ian childers recent works shorter university rome ga january 2012 ian childers berry college rome ga october 2011.

See more ideas about pottery ceramics pottery cups. I sell most of my work through. My ceramic works are made on a pottery wheel out of porcelain and fired with crystalline glazes. Fong choo eighteen gems.

The skull is a direct reflection of tattoo culture and serves as the statement of my identity in the. Being a ceramics professor and living in a small town in. The intimate object xvi. Ian childers he apprenticed as a tattoo artist immediately out of high school and spend his evenings writing graffiti riding bmx bikes going to shows and causing general mayhem.

My skulls are still ceramics based but draws from my first introductions to art as a graffiti writer in the early 1990s in philadelphia pa and then as a tattoo artist in the mid 1990s. My traditional ceramic works are made on a pottery wheel out of porcelain and fired with crystalline glazes. Ian is currently a professor of ceramics at mississippi university for women in columbus ms. The forms are.

The forms are usually swelled out vessels with narrow openings giving the glaze on the pots a smooth and beautiful field on. Muw ceramics rozenswieg arts center columbus ms april 2013 crytsallis invited lecturer la bisbal d emporda spain april 2013. Through advanced chemistry a very specific firing schedule and a lot of technology i am able to grow two dimensional crystals on the surface of the pots. Ian childers author at ceramic arts network.

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