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scoups · 2 years

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if can’t smooch.. why so smoochable? ಥ_ಥ

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zuzia-suchorska · 4 years

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Gustavo Pérez

“I don’t follow what’s going on in the world of ceramics. I’m not aware of trends. I’m friends with some other artists, but I work all the time. I care only about my own work. My only other passions are classical music and literature. If I have any time not working, I want to read literature. I don’t want to look at what other people are making. I don’t care about vacations. I crave time to work. When possible, I work alone. I receive very few visitors. I don’t “have wine” in the studio. This takes too much time. Truly, I’m not arrogant; it’s only that I value my time so much. I love working! I do enjoy people, but I enjoy clay so much more. My clay is my life.” ( from an interview at Gustav Perez’s studio in Xalapa with Maya Shacter ).

I found a really lovely interview with Gustavo Perez and keramiekatelier:

https://www.veniceclayartists.com/gustavo-perez-mexican-ceramicist/

A little excerpt from this interview:

Which message you hope to convey to your spectators? “I hope it can be understood that if one wants to be creative with clay, craftmanship (le métier), is essential. I am convinced of the necessity to give everything one can give, and for many years, before a personal way, a personal language can be discovered. For me it took some 22 years before I could feel there was something that I could call really mine.Creativity is a deep mystery, something like source that does not flow until a certain personal “position” (an attitude, a confidence, an openness) is found. And this sort of secret cannot be transmitted, it has to be a personal discovery after a lot of work… so, the only possible idea to transmit would be this: you need to work and work and work…”

In this interview, Perez mentions that one of his inspirations is Paul Klee, and i just find it interesting that I seem to be drawn to ceramicists who have also been imprinted by Klee. It’s just quite interesting to realise that I’m subconsciously drawn to these artists.

I would love to create a large vessel, around hip height, using the methods learnt from ‘The Head’ project we just did. Now that I’ve learnt a method that is much more efficient, easier and faster than coiling to create sculptural work, I really want to create something larger that explores the forms I’ve been playing around with in my sketchbook. Just like when making the head, I’ll start with a circular slab which will act as the foundation for the teared triangles of clay. This time though, I’ll make this foundational slab a lot thicker so that it does not deform and start to curve when adding clay. This is what began to happen as i was making the head; although the slab was fine with supporting the weight of the clay i was placing on top, it began tipping ever so slightly to the side due to me tilting it by accident when moving the head around. I actually really enjoyed ‘The Head’ project, it was nice tapping into the inner child and creating a playful sculpture.