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Jack Ploesser
Roberts Creek
The strongest influence on my work has been the pre-Colombian civilizations of the Americas, primarily Moche, Nazca and Mayan. Once, while visiting a fantastic Chilean museum that contained ceramic artefacts from all over the Americas, I had the opportunity to hold a 500-year-old pot in my hands.
Another influence is abstract art, especially the colour-saturated work of Rufino Tamayo of Mexico. I love colour, and I am constantly exploring ways to get more of it onto my pots. I like to layer glazes to achieve more intensity and depth. And I adore the brushwork of Alan Caiger-Smith and strive to come close to the same precision. Wax resist in just the right place helps to create some illusions as well as design.
The ceramic abstractions of Hans Coper have long held an interest and I greatly admire potters such as Tom Coleman and Jeff Oestriech who can alter their pots to turn them into unique pieces of art. Photography has also played a part in my development as a potter because for many years I shot film in pursuit of abstraction in nature and architecture.
My work is in constant evolution.
The strongest influence on my work has been the pre-Colombian civilizations of the Americas, primarily Moche, Nazca and Mayan. Once, while visiting a fantastic Chilean museum that contained ceramic artefacts from all over the Americas, I had the opportunity to hold a 500-year-old pot in my hands.
Another influence is abstract art, especially the colour-saturated work of Rufino Tamayo of Mexico. I love colour, and I am constantly exploring ways to get more of it onto my pots. I like to layer glazes to achieve more intensity and depth. And I adore the brushwork of Alan Caiger-Smith and strive to come close to the same precision. Wax resist in just the right place helps to create some illusions as well as design.
The ceramic abstractions of Hans Coper have long held an interest and I greatly admire potters such as Tom Coleman and Jeff Oestriech who can alter their pots to turn them into unique pieces of art. Photography has also played a part in my development as a potter because for many years I shot film in pursuit of abstraction in nature and architecture.
My work is in constant evolution.
