“It’s often not until assembling the work that it fully takes shape.”
Blue gained a Certificate in Fine and Applied Arts from the Whanganui Regional Community Polytechnic in 1991, followed by a Diploma in Ceramic Arts with Honours from the School of Art, Otago Polytechnic. In 2005 Blue returned to the Otago Polytechnic and gained a Bachelor in Fine Arts. Blue Black has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand in group and solo exhibitions.
"As a process driven maker what I do with clay all starts with foraging in friends garden waste, gardens and recycling collections. Like a little pack rat I drag collected things back to the studio such as flowers, vegetable and plant roots, and a range of man-made materials and objects e.g. egg cartons, clothes, foam, installation and bed springs among other things. As a maker of ceramic objects I give most things a go with dipping them in layers of clay slip.
Currently the work is strongly influenced by a move into a fabulous light filled, spacious studio/home where aspects of past and present events are clearer and brighter. Living spaces, and past and present events shape our lives.
The work generated is process based. I just make and in the making, ideas and reasons for producing the work evolve during the process or until the works are realized. I am a maker because that is what I do. It’s often not until assembling the work that it fully takes shape. It is a process that grounds me, the act of making."
“It’s often not until assembling the work that it fully takes shape.”
Blue gained a Certificate in Fine and Applied Arts from the Whanganui Regional Community Polytechnic in 1991, followed by a Diploma in Ceramic Arts with Honours from the School of Art, Otago Polytechnic. In 2005 Blue returned to the Otago Polytechnic and gained a Bachelor in Fine Arts. Blue Black has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand in group and solo exhibitions.
"As a process driven maker what I do with clay all starts with foraging in friends garden waste, gardens and recycling collections. Like a little pack rat I drag collected things back to the studio such as flowers, vegetable and plant roots, and a range of man-made materials and objects e.g. egg cartons, clothes, foam, installation and bed springs among other things. As a maker of ceramic objects I give most things a go with dipping them in layers of clay slip.
Currently the work is strongly influenced by a move into a fabulous light filled, spacious studio/home where aspects of past and present events are clearer and brighter. Living spaces, and past and present events shape our lives.
The work generated is process based. I just make and in the making, ideas and reasons for producing the work evolve during the process or until the works are realized. I am a maker because that is what I do. It’s often not until assembling the work that it fully takes shape. It is a process that grounds me, the act of making."
“It’s often not until assembling the work that it fully takes shape.”
Blue gained a Certificate in Fine and Applied Arts from the Whanganui Regional Community Polytechnic in 1991, followed by a Diploma in Ceramic Arts with Honours from the School of Art, Otago Polytechnic. In 2005 Blue returned to the Otago Polytechnic and gained a Bachelor in Fine Arts. Blue Black has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand in group and solo exhibitions.
"As a process driven maker what I do with clay all starts with foraging in friends garden waste, gardens and recycling collections. Like a little pack rat I drag collected things back to the studio such as flowers, vegetable and plant roots, and a range of man-made materials and objects e.g. egg cartons, clothes, foam, installation and bed springs among other things. As a maker of ceramic objects I give most things a go with dipping them in layers of clay slip.
Currently the work is strongly influenced by a move into a fabulous light filled, spacious studio/home where aspects of past and present events are clearer and brighter. Living spaces, and past and present events shape our lives.
The work generated is process based. I just make and in the making, ideas and reasons for producing the work evolve during the process or until the works are realized. I am a maker because that is what I do. It’s often not until assembling the work that it fully takes shape. It is a process that grounds me, the act of making."
fabulously striking and playful
"Just Have to Accept What Comes Out of the Kiln."
Dunedin ceramic artist Blue Black creates fabulously striking and playful sculptural works, ever with a wonderful eye for colour and form.
"The work generated is process based. I just make and in the making, ideas and reasons for producing the work evolve during the process or until the works are realised. I am a maker because that is what I do. It’s often not until assembling the work that it fully takes shape. It is a process that grounds me, the act of making."
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