Christopher Gryder
C"My strong belief that direct engagement in 'making' is the best way to synthesize material and form has led me to an aesthetic focused on a seamless synergy of the geometric and the organic."
In order to encourage this union of substance and shape, Christopher Gryder has developed a new sand-casting technique--"earth forming"--that allows him to shape his material by carving its negative form. Once the cavity is filled with clay, he releases the actual piece by destroying the surrounding silt mold.
The process creates a ceramic illusion, passing off man-made objects as though they were formed in the natural world. A deliberate artifice that replaces the artist's investment of time and labor with the casual motions of Mother Nature.
Christopher Gryder graduted the Rhode Island School of Design with a Masters of Fine Art - Ceramics. He was a participating architect in the Paolo Soleri project "Arconsanti" outside of Phoenix. His work is included in the collection the of Pfizer Corporation and
numerous private collections in the United States and Europe. Chris will be a guest lecturer at the 43rd annual National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts at Arizona State Art Museum in October 2008.
Gifted Hands is very proud to represent Christopher Gryder exclusively in Arizona.
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