About: Artist Brad Schwieger

MFA, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
BFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Associate of Arts, Ellsworth College, Iowa Falls, Iowa

My ideas often explore various facets of utility; however, I feel my work can also function as a decorative object. Form is the most essential element in my work. My secondary focus is to develop different types of surfaces that will enhance and support the form. I have explored surface by continuous testing of ceramic materials, kiln design, kiln construction and firing work is wheel thrown and then altered. The altering process consists of faceting, stretching and cutting up sections of the form and reassembling them. These techniques temper the symmetry of the wheel throwing process.

I am often concerned with the formal issues of design. How do the parts relate to the whole? How can the whole transcend the parts? How can each piece become an individual interpretation of a traditional form? I have been influenced by many people, places and pots in my life. My intention is to keep my work evolving and changing, responding to my experiences.

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