Wheel throwing artist

Ceramics are materials made by heating and cooling natural and synthetic materials, primarily clay, at high temperatures to achieve desired properties such as hardness, durability, and resistance to heat and corrosion. Pottery is the process of handcrafting of useful or ornamental products from clay and other materials. Pottery has been produced for thousands of years by numerous cultures around the world.

Martha's vineyard pottery

Ceramics have been used as an art medium since ancient times. Today, many modern ceramic artists continue to use pottery to create unique and meaningful artwork. Grayson Perry is a contemporary English artist, writer, and broadcaster. Perry creates vases with classical shapes and vibrant color schemes that portray subjects that contrast with their appealing exteriors.

Porcelain artist

Perry has also worked with video, performance, printmaking, sketching, embroidery, and other textile media. Perry frequently uses mediums like weaving and ceramics, which are typically ranked lower in the hierarchy of arts than sculpture and painting. Greek pottery and folk art are among the many ceramic traditions that Perry alludes to in his work.

He uses a traditional way of coiling to create his vessels. He adds sprigs—small relief sculptures adhered to the surface—to some of them. It has been argued that these techniques are employed to provide meaning rather than only for cosmetic impact. Perry questions the implicit belief in the craft tradition that pottery is only functional or ornamental and is incapable of expressing ideas.

Ron Nagle has been a ceramicist for more than fifty years.