Details
| First Name | Robin |
| Last Name | Gary |
| Nickname | robincreativekilnworks-com |
Social Media
| Website |
My Ceramics
| In the studio I like to do | Handbuilding, Throwing on the Wheel, Sculpting |
| Pottery Wheel | Brent |
| Clay body | Stoneware |
| Clay Brand | Aardvark and Armadillo Clay and Standard Clay |
| Kiln Type | Electric Kiln, Raku Kiln |
| Kiln Atmosphere | Reduction Atmosphere, Oxidation Atmosphere |
| Temperature | Generally Cone 6 and Raku Cone 06 |
| Glaze | I use the studio glazes I make. |
| You can buy my work from | Art for the People Gallery, |
About Me
| Introduction | My name is Robin Gary. I live just outside of Austin, Tx. I’m from Los Angeles and was talked out of being an artist as I entered university. HAH! I was a software engineer for 20 years before I came back to art full time. I work in clay and mixed media as a sculptor and potter. I work and teach in several community studios. I’m interested in just about everything but focus on, …. well…everything… I do love glaze chemistry and sculpting most of all… |
| What I Love about Ceramics | Color! Infinite choices and infinite surprises Sculpting is relatively forgiving and gives quick rewards. Texture: Visual or physical. The people: Creativity, kindness and open arms all around. |
| How I started with ceramics | Sister Mary St. Ann at my high school gave me my first clay lesson. It was love on the spot. |
| What inspires me | Everything inspires me from clouds in the sky to railroad tracks running through flatlands; animals, words, nature, other artists’ works. |
| What I'm working on at the moment | I’m prepping for holiday sales and shows. Teaching regularly again soon. I hope to make use of what I learn in the MBA during early next year to rejuvenate my online sales. |
| My Artist Statement | I create colorful, rustic functional ware and mixed-media sculpture. Clay, glass, neon, and found objects provide a never-ending toy box of creative fun for my sculptures. As a technique junkie, the daily choices I make in my studio are to produce a piece out of feeling or out of fun; out of knowledge or out of experiment; out of self or out of someone else’s self; and on it continues. Combining years of experience and artistic pursuit, I want to draw the viewer into thought, to feel uncomfortable tensions, to question the basis of happier moments, and to weigh mysterious beliefs. And, of course, I want the viewer to WANT to touch. |
