Chase Gamblin
Orange 1
Orange 1
$100.00
Orange 2
Orange 2
$100.00
Orange 3
Orange 3
$100.00
Orange 4
Orange 4
$100.00
Orange 5
Orange 5
$100.00
Orange 6
Orange 6
$100.00
Red 1
Red 1
$100.00
Red 2
Red 2
$100.00

Chase Gamblin

Artist Statement

My pots are composed using multiple thrown components, which are assembled to create vessels with proportion and heavy slip application in mind. The slip gives a sense of subtle movement and whimsy to the work, letting the work almost visually dance. While working I am constantly considering form, volume, contour, texture, negative and positive space. I intend the viewer to see each piece as a personified individual. Like the complexities of a persona, these vessels have many layers in their construction. Repetitive shapes, applied slips, and numerous surface applications reference the subtle intricacies of personality giving each piece fluidity, energy, and life.

For me, the making process is one of the most important aspects of my studio practice as it pushes me to evolve and develop my forms, which in turn, allows me personal growth. At a young age, I learned that it was important to create using my hands. Whether it is playing music, wrenching in the garage, or building in the studio I find a sense of mental nourishment. As I work on new pieces, I constantly ask myself “Why?” Because I have yet to culminate this inquiry, I continue to make and find myself in a seemingly never-ending cycle of making and questioning. 

The first half of my ceramics career my pots utilized atmospheric firing processes.  I enjoy how my work changes each time I fire in a wood or soda kiln. Ash naturally melts along the surfaces and soda flashes to enrich the soft nature of the slip. These surfaces add depth and sense of age to the vessels. However, I have since developed a series of works that utilize low and midrange firing. Using brightly color-stained slips and underglazes, I add accents of gold, white gold, mother of pearl or rust. Creating a somewhat maximalist visual dynamic on my pots. By keeping the slip unglazed it has a matte surface, which allows stronger contrasts in the use of light and shadow. While another series is hyper focused on highlighting each gesture of slip with color and pattern, making the pieces explode with color variants. An in your face emotional experience inviting the viewer to look around the works to see each section.

Since I tend to work in small series, subtle changes occur over repetition and time. It is important to me that my work reflects a sense of skill, control, and elegance. My research over the past few years has been a blend of historic forms which hint at the Greek calyx krater and Peruvian Inca forms, but utilizing my contemporary vision of the “art pot”. I strive to use form to fulfill my desire to investigate and create forms, objects, or pots instilled with an emotional power. 

Exhibitions