Cook, John (IM)

I am intrigued with the exploration of ideas, creativity, the use of colour, textures, and materials, which help develop complete shapes and forms. My current work uses the ceramic form as a canvass, not as a functional, utilitarian object, although it might be, and explores the ideas that develop through hand building design ideas. In my current work I have developed my ideas through multi-fired Maiolica techniques, including sintering, on glazes, lustres, enamels, and digital decals developed from my drawings and painting. My ideas are from landscapes, memory, and from being absorbed in my environments for the past 60 years.