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Rafa Perez | Clay in 2019 | Ceramics, Ceramic Art, Pottery

Rafa Perez

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Rafael Pérez (Es. 1957) Rioja Landscape (1997) Oil on paper (26 x 32 cm)

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Rafa Perez

Untitled, 2011

Ceramic

5.5 x 13.5 x 7 inches

14 x 34.3 x 17.8 cm

RPe 12

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Rafa Perez

Untitled, 2011

Ceramic

8.25 x 12 x 7 inches

21 x 30.5 x 17.8 cm

RPe 13

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Rafa Pérez

Rafa Pérez Spain b. 1957

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My way of working is based on my personal ”opened eyes” and ”looking firstly” point of view. I try to transfer this sensation to my works, and I consider them good when opening the kiln I don’t recognize the pieces as mine and I get surprised. With this process I accumulate in my studio hundreds of tests and objects that fill stairs waiting for the moments to take up again that technique, that way... I use great number of materials due to my obesession with ”testing”. Generally I work my sculptures with pastes that are prepared by me and fire at 1150oc in mono firing. In these sculptures I work with two pastes lately. One of them expands and the other one (porcelain of low fire) is inert. With them the works before the firing are radically different to the final result. I try to keep a balanced relation with the fire. I mean the fire has to work by its own as I do, but finally we are a team.

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Rafa Perez

“My work is about surprising myself and the audience, using white porcelain and black earthenware clay, fired at high temperature. The black earthenware expands, thus creating a volcanic landscape. It is not just a natural landscape, because it is directed by me. I have created the cuttings from the beginning, but still the aspect of surprise is always present, because what happens in the kiln is unpredictable.” Rafael Pérez

Love the use of the two types of clay and how they react with each other - something I want to explore in my own practice. I think the bobbly textue applied to the outside of some of his pieces makes them even more exciting visually