Photo: Artist
Photo: Artist

Teapot-Shard Series

USA, 2015
Date acquired:
Materials:
Shards
Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown and Altered
Mosaic
Hand-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Patrick Crabb

Patrick Shia Crabb is a sculptor known for his ?deconstruction style? tall vessels, large wall platters and figurative sculptures. Hand building, throwing and the use of unique molds are all used to create his unique forms.Crabb uses a combination of firing techniques including raku, oxidation, cone 06-04 range, low-salt, obvara, sawdust, and other atmospheric firing methods.

Shard vessels and large wall platters are assembled using broken shards of the form. Each shard is fired or glazed individually then reassembled into the original form. The shards reference antiquity while the bright patterned colors reference contemporary time. This work is vessel form as an art object. Crabb?s travels and experience of primitive cultures of Asia, Africa and South America have impacted his multi-cultural imageries and colors. Rick Dillingham has influenced his ?deconstructed style? shard vessels. Elements of this body of work and techniques are carried to Crabb?s figurative and architectural forms.

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