Ceramicist Sarah Pike will present on ceramic art at the next installment of Dixie Forum. She will give her lecture at noon Oct. 3 in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center at DSU. The event is free and open to the public.
Pike makes functional slab-built pottery in her home studio in British Columbia. She is inspired by the mountainous landscape surrounding her home, the rich history of ceramics, antique tinware, textured metal, and vintage farm items.
“I enjoy pottery that conveys personality, a slight air of attitude and that first step off the path,” she said. “In that vein, my pots are never entirely symmetrical, as though they are leaning toward animation. I like this static sense of energy in pottery. It evokes the plastic nature of clay in its raw form but also the movement associated with the pot’s intended use. It reflects our beauty and awkward imperfections; imperfections that celebrate the handmade object over mass-produced industrial ware.”
Pike majored in ceramics at Alberta College of Art and Design. She went on to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder and worked on graduate studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
More information about Dixie Forum is available at humanities.dixie.edu/the-dixie-forum.
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