Urn Pair

Seth Green

stoneware, glaze

Vessel I: 6 3 /4" Diameter x 9 1/2" H

Vessel II: 7 1/2" Diameter x 11 1/2"H

Metallic, moody, and dark, this pair of architectural ceramic vessels are appealing to the eye. The deep color and luster glazed surfaces accentuate, soften, and elevate the forms. Green's pieces seek to capture clean lines and continuous curves, evoking constructions like fortifications, watchtowers, or steeples, while retaining an ambiguity that keeps them at a remove from identifiable landmarks or labels. What remains so notable about these pieces is Green's perceptive experimentation and techniques with varying metals and organic materials inlaid and painted into the clay bodies. Consequently, these pieces are an effect and product of the unique exploration of materials in the realm of ceramic art.

Artist's Biography

Seth Green is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW), in Fort Wayne, IN. He received a MFA in Ceramics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a BA in Art from Southern Utah University. He has worked at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado and has been an artist-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. Before joining the faculty at PFW, Seth taught ceramics at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky where he was promoted to Associate Professor.

Seth actively exhibits his ceramic vessels on the national and international levels, in solo, invitational, and juried exhibitions. His work is represented by the Clay Studio of Philadelphia and the Companion Gallery in Humboldt, TN. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Best Teapot Award in the 2012 Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition and was awarded Best of Show, by the Kentucky Arts Council, for his work exhibited in the 2015 Kentucky Crafted: The Market in Lexington, KY. Images of his work have been published in Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Clay Times Magazine, American iPottery, and two Lark Books publications "500 Vases" & "500 Teapots." Seth was awarded the Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship and commissioned to make the awards for the Governor's Awards in the Arts by the Kentucky Arts Council. He has also been a demonstrator, visiting artist, and workshop presenter at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Clay Studio of Missoula, Michigan Mud Conference, and at several universities around the country.

Donated by the Artist - Seth Green

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