Colby Charpintier Ceramic

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.

Colby charpintier ceramic.

Uv glue needs clear glass to permit light transmition for the curing process. Darrah bowden for the ceramics program office for the arts at harvard. Adhering glass to glazed ceramic. Individuals will have the opportunity to build relevant skills in research.

From there they become an exploration of relationships between utility and the body movement and volume surface and color. Colby charpentier b 1991 is an artist working primarily in ceramics. We know immediately what a cup is from its scale proportions and simple format. His vessels are true to utility but like those of val cushing remain sculptural.

Colby charpentier replied to missy s topic in studio operations and making work. 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. 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. Colby charpentier makes both functional wheel thrown stoneware vessels and sculptures which are high fired in a wood kiln.

His work addresses materiality and relationships between architecture and the vessel. Colby charpentier is an artist in residence at the morean center for clay in st. The result is ceramic. It also tends to require polished surfaces to create a strong bond.

Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier. I want my cup volumes to express. If you can take care of those obstacles uv is workable. Ceramic sculpture by colby charpentier.

Colby received his bfa in ceramics and glass from the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university in 2013. Each drop is a waypoint in the design of the object. Colby charpentier episode 359. Colby charpentier builds ceramic vessels exclusively using glaze.

Champentier s sculptural work can reference monumental industrial machinery components or complex scale like stands for vessel forms.