Cuong Ta Ceramics

I have always been fascinated by the play of positive and negative spaces in my work. Sometimes, this happens in the cutouts of the constructions themselves. But more often, it shows up in the balance of glazed and unglazed regions on the surface decoration. I strive for an organic feel in my decoration even as I take deliberate care in the design and execution of the pieces. While the black glaze is the strongest in impact, my most recent work uses color as an additional element. Over the course of my career, I have developed a vocabulary of lines and shapes that I return to. Each repetition is a recitation of a memorized passage, each new piece a variation of the play between boundary and flow.