Kelly King Ceramics

My functional pottery is usually simple in form, with the exception of features such as an ornate handle or sculptural pedestal. I use various techniques that combine painterly surfaces with tightly rendered images and designs. I fire each piece several times, slowly building upon the composition with each firing. Through drawing and form, I often imitate botanical patterns and growth structures like those found in Baroque architecture and decorative arts. This contrasts with patches of glaze that drip and ooze and depictions of a tense, and often aggressive, human presence. In both the drawing and the sculptural aspects of my work, I strive to create a dramatic interplay between opposites.