Exhibition Opening
Yukon Ceramic Artists
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, May 12, 5-7pm
ON VIEW: May 12 - June 3, 2023
Please join us on Friday, May 12, 5-7pm for the opening of our new exhibition, 'Bowl: Hands in Clay' a group exhibition in both the Focus and Edge galleries that features a number of artists in the Yukon's ceramics community. Coordinated by Kin Work Pottery.
All are welcome to attend this free event. A chairlift is available for those who require mobility assistance. Food and drinks will be provided.
Thank you to our sponsors and funders: Hougen Group of Companies, Government of Yukon, Lotteries Yukon, and the City of Whitehorse, Yukon.
BOWL: HANDS IN CLAY | YUKON CERAMIC ARTISTS
Humbly beginning as an improvement from cupped hands and folded leaves, the Neolithic era brought forth the bowl as a drinking vessel. The bowl now holds a place in domesticity, ritual, ceremony, and art.
When learning to throw on a wheel, potters find the bowl form is a challenge. The centrifugal force of the potter’s wheel pulls the walls of the vessel outwards to collapse.
It is with practice and skill that the potter can use this force to their advantage and shape the clay as they want.
Clay hand-builders take simple coils or slabs of clay and mold them with a thousand fingerprints into a bowl vessel that can perform a thousand tasks.
The handmade ceramic bowl is a testament to time, dedication, and artistry.
From simple to intricate, the bowl is a ubiquitous part of life that we invite you to look closer at.