Kim Simonsson

Kim Simonsson is a Finnish sculptor/ceramist. His childlike figures and animals look as if they escaped out of a Manga comic book, though they have western features. His work is a bit dark and uncomfortable yet sensitive.
Kim Simonsson: "In my sculptures western traditional ceramic is combined with modern trends of easten pop culture. So, in my opinion, I get an unusual and very interesting effect. I create my own world of strange characters that are my comments on daily life and its oddities.
My images seem dark to you? No wonder: I examine the diseases of modern society, and they are quite unsightly.
The subject of my work, as a rule, are children, animals, or something in between. An important detail: all my sculptures have glass eyes, they seemed to enliven cold dead matter."

Nuala O'Donovan

Nuala O'Donovan slowly constructs her porcelain sculptures over a period of weeks or even months. Drawing her inspiration from natural forms and patterns. Her decisions are guided by the characteristics of irregular/fractal patterns. 
Nuala O'Donovan; "My decision to research patterns and forms from nature stemmed from my interest in the narrative quality of irregularities in patterns. The history behind a scarred or broken surface is what fascinates me. The evidence of a response to random events visible in patterns in nature, is testament to the ability of living organisms to recover, to respond, and to continue growing and changing. It is the imperfections in the patterns caused by a unique experience that are evidence of the life force in living organisms."

Peter Christian Johnson

Peter Christian Johnson currently lives and works in La Grande, Oregon. His art looks like artifacts from a far away lost civilisation. Big, massive pieces you don't usually see in ceramics, P. C. Johnson's series give you a clear hint of what to expect; 'Deconstruction' - 'Relics' - 'Construction' - Grapple' - 'Industrial artefacts'.

 

Peter Christian Johnson; "Much of My work is meant to be dislocated in time, seemingly a remnant of the past oran artifact from the distant future. Each piece is a reflection on the passing of time, and a monument to labor. They catalogue the act of making, of constructing, of inventing, and reinventing, and speak to the never ending flow of both time and human attempts at progress."

 

 

Jon McMillan

Fredericksburg (Virginia) based Jon McMillan about his sculptures; "Sculpture provides limitless variations and possibilities, feeding my curiosity and passion for exploration."
A combination of different materials like terra cotta, resin, steel...give birth to an array of strange forms. Surrealistic fossils, weird deep sea life forms, alienated remains... is what comes to mind.

Interrupted

Emptied

Elevate

 postponed

Jason Briggs

Strange, abstract, erotic; ceramic sculptures by Jason Briggs.

Growth

 Luba

 Puff

 Seed

Jason Briggs at work. You can see the way he works following this LINK