Catherine White’s ceramic blog on her work and perceptions is paradoxically labelled ” Rough Ideas ” as her ceramic pieces and presentation are superb and very refined. The photography and use of quotes and poetry with her ceramic display are really worth a look. ( see link below ). Both her ceramics and drawings reflect the balanced Japanese aesthetic and her site has a grounded Zen ambience.
Catherines statement :
” Because pottery itself abstractly expresses—through clay, glaze and shape—nature’s landscape, it can be as spirited as a spring day or as barren as a raw and sullen winter afternoon, barely touched with color. I am aiming for distillations from nature, historically alive and poetically inspired. Clay processes are intertwined with extensive drawing, painting and collaging on paper. One recurring focus is the many forms of grasses. As depicted in my clay and paper works, images range from seasonal portraits to drawings of digested visions, quite specific yet not overly-literal. “
Catherine White –Anagama fired barrrel vase
Silk Tripod vase
Red Rippled Bottle -Catherine White
Catherine White Cup
“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
– Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
Grapevine for Peace-II – Open Field Painting by Catherine White
Forsythia vase
Daffodills in a folded vase
Triangle Plate small – Catherine White
Catherine White Leaf Plate small
Cup with Iron Stars
Catherine White – brush grain plate
Catherine White – Triple Cylinder
Blue Strip Cup and Saucer – Catherine White
2013- Summer solstice
Onion – whiteware vase
Anagama wood fired Axe vase – Catnerine White
Stancills plate
Bottles
Catherine White
Cup
Boulder
Cocoon leaf vase
Quintet – Catherine White
Leaf Sail – Catherine White
Rock vase – Catherine White
Landscape vase – Catherine White
Catherine White asymmetrical bottle vases
Two rectangular dish’s – Catherine White
Asymmetrical round vase
Square dish and blueberries – Catherine White
Rectangle dish
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Jorge Luis Borges
Teacups with Brushed White slip
Catherine White
Catherine White Anagama Pottery
Wide necked arrow vase – anagama fired 2010
Soft Smooth Bud Vase — Catherine White
Catherine White website here
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