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Tim Young
| A desire to create someting with my hands and the
complete immersion into an art form that diffuses the concerns of the daily business world
are what first attracted me to ceramics. This attraction has
grown into a passion for the process of making individual pieces that are mostly
funcitonal and, at times, purely decorative in nature. My work is diverse reflecting
the aesthetic influences of the many talented potter/artists I have studied under through
the past 33 years of growth. Each piece is formed, altered, decorated, glazed and
fired at my Bergen Park, Colorado studio.
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My media is clay, a material of the earth, which I
manipulate with my hands and a bit of soul. The fashioning of individual,
functional and decorative clay vessels and forms requires dedication, commitment and
discipline along with a joy and love for the entire creative process. If my work
provides a sense of well-being to you and communicates this life-giving force, then I have
accomplished my goal.
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"In the beginning the potter hovers over a
formless mass, waters it and sets it spinning. When the whirling clay is centered in
the potters hands there is a stillness, which bespeaks the quiet rest that preceded and
follows the work of creation. Body, soul and spirit, earth, water, wind and fire are
brought into harmony. What was once a formless mass is given shape by unifying
encircling energy of the creator in which the potter shares. Both potter and pot are
creatures and so we look for perfection in neither. Only let each be a
movement."
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