Carey West Ceramics
These works plays with combining digital processes to the analog world of ceramics. Images and patterns are computer designed, producing vinyl stencils that are cut and applied to thrown and hand built porcelain vessels. The result are works that are a celebration of pattern and color. These monochromatic functional wares are reminiscent of retro mandalas.
PolitiPots are a satirical series of collector plates
It is the sense of the wonder inspired by the infinite possibilities of nature that compels this series. Central to that endeavor is the study of flora, specifically forms that are adapted in nature to protect and to reproduce.
My process is driven by the collaboration between ceramics and metal. By combining hand built and thrown ceramics with copper as a structural element, I am able to cantilever forms, pierce space, and create shadow.