RAKU CHAWAN
USD 480.00
Artist_Charles Bound
Material_Wood fired clay, Shino glazes and slip
Origin_USA
Dimensions_W10cm D10cm H9cm
Additional Note_Artist’s stamp on the underside
Artist Profile_Charles Bound was born in New York City in 1939. After graduating from Union University in 1962 with a degree in English Literature, Charles spent the next three years teaching at secondary level. From 1965 to 1971 he worked for a publishing company, dividing his time between the USA and Africa. By 1972 he was juggling a variety of commitments; teaching, traveling, writing and theatre work, mostly in Kenya. Charles did not come to study ceramics until 1983, setting up a studio while working as a college technician and teaching. In 1994 he was gifted the use of space on a farm where he could build his own wood fired kiln, which he has been working with since. His work clearly illustrates his interest in the metamorphosis of clay. Carefully sculpted to fit one’s clasped hands, each bowl expresses a unique character that has evolved through a process of forming, bending, scarring and glazing. His works are further enriched in a wood fired kiln whereby additional ash deposits and even traces of shells and other detritus give the pieces their amazingly textural surfaces and a deeply spiritual resonance, encouraging us to pick them up and contemplate their quiet beauty.
Solo Exhibitions
United Kingdom:
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne
Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath
Copernican Connection, Yorkshire
The Design Innovation Centre, Leeds
European Ceramics, Leeds
Hart Gallery, London
Primavera, Cambridge
Group Exhibitions
United Kingdom:
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne
Amalgam, London
Anatol Orient, London
Artsite Gallery, Bath
Boothhouse Gallery, Yorkshire
Bradford Design Exchange
Candover Gallery, Hampshire
Collect at the V&A, London (with the Hart Gallery)
Contemporary Ceramics, London (with the Hart Gallery)
Deardon Gallery, Yorkshire
Hart Gallery, London
Leach Gallery, Studio and Museum , St. Ives
Monmouth Museum
Octogan Gallery, Whichford
Oxford Ceramics, Oxford
Powdermills Gallery, Dartmoor
Rufford County Park, Ollerton
France:
Galerie Hamelin, Honfleur
Maison de la Ceramique, Giroussens
Printemps des Potiers, Bandol
Germany:
Galerie Handwerk, Munich
New Zealand:
Fletcher Challenge
U.S.A.:
SOFA, Chicago
Product Number_#0129