Albert Montserrat

Albert Montserrat, Golden Jar, 2020, Oil Spot, Glazed Thrown Porcelain

2020

MATT SMITH Aiden (Spout with pearls), 2021 Black Parian, Freshwater pearls 20 x 12 x 6 cm 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Porcelain; Textured Glazes on Thrown Porcelain 54 x 55 x 55 cm 21 1/4 x 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. ------- Montserrat is totally convinced that ceramics is the most noble, traditional and humanly attached material of all. Also, historically, what this material has allowed us, the humanity, to achieve, in all aspects, from improving our health to a medium of expression, is immense. This makes him feel real veneration and respect to it. He shows a very particular interest for the highly technically demanding oriental glazes from the Old Masters, having inspired him to make an extensive research, giving the strong finish to Montserrat’s work. Glazes are his passion. He is fascinated to see and endlessly test what the chemical elements around us bring to the surface of the vessels that he throws on the wheel. He has a special interest in the traditional vessels that the history of ceramics has brought to us. From the Egyptian canopic...

"I work with a simple elemental form, a curve made from the most basic natural material, clay. I make and build with hundreds or thousands of these forms. The clay curve connects me ...

Andrew Casto (b. Ohio, USA, 1977) lives and works in Iowa City, USA. He was the 2011 MJD fellow at The Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Art in Helena, Montana, and has exhibited wo...