This is the work of Keith Harrison, he gave a
lecture eariler in the year which was probably
one of the best we have had.
He is a ceramics artist but he really comes at for a
contempory take, it was really obvious from the
word go that music was key to his work and it
really did effect every aspect of his art.
The main piece we were walked through was a
large piece he did for Jerwood Award. The piece
was a massive sound system he made up himself that
had so many different aspects, the speakers
were corner in with large slabs of clay that solidfied
and cracked while the music played through giving a constant
changing piece. There was alot of leg work leading up
to this final piece, he did alot of drawings and
little samples to try and work out the right
look he wanted. Perfection is something he really
strifes for in what i saw, through his drawings
and samples you can see weeks were spent on the
smallest detail. Bit of expensive trait to have
but its got to be respected.
This is the one picture i could find of his
Jerwood Prize work.
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