Mark Chatterley
Mark Chatterley is known for life-size figurative sculptures that are often grouped in interlocked arrangements to create animated negative spaces. These are decorated with a lava glaze surface, developed by Chatterley.
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Mark Chatterley is known for life-size figurative sculptures that are often grouped in interlocked arrangements to create animated negative spaces. These are decorated with a lava glaze surface, developed by Chatterley.
His figure sculptures are hand-built from slabs, working from the ground up 6-8 inches at a time, often taking several weeks to complete. These are each bisque fired in his monumental kiln. They are then glazed with his own crater glaze and refired to create the blue, gray, brown and green lava-like surfaces that are typical of his work. He created this glaze to evoke the feeling of age and decay.
Chatterley began his career throwing pots. He soon felt limited by the shapes he could form on the wheel. When he returned to college to pursue a Master?s degree he began working in his characteristic hand built technique.
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Alma College, Alma, Michigan
Arizona State University, Ceramic Research Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado
East Lansing City Hall, East Lansing, Michigan
Ferris State University Library for Information, Technology and Education, Big Rapids, Michigan
Hocheng Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taiwan
Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
JINRO, Seoul, Korea
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Villa Library, Lake Villa, Illinois
Michigan State University, Wharton Center for Performing Arts, East Lansing, Michigan
Monroe County Community College, Monroe, Michigan
North Carolina State University, Visual Arts Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Northern Illinois University, Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center, DeKalb, Illinois
Pah Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand
Plymouth Community Arts Council, Plymouth, Michigan
The Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, Skokie, Illinois
Upjohn Research Division, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Williamston Community Schools, Williamston, Michigan
- Bibliography
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Brown, Claire Waite. The Sculpting Techniques Bible: An Essential Illustrated Reference for Both Beginner and Experienced Sculptors. Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2006.
Chatterley, Mark. “Silicon Carbide: The Stuff of Stars.” Ceramics Monthly (March 2011).
Gunter, Veronika A. 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2004.
Kracun, Danijela and Charles McFadden. Contemporary Sculptors. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, 2012.
Lark Books. The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2005.
Lark Crafts. The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2012.
Hodara, Susan. "Odd Textures, Elegant Poses, and Math’s Golden Mean.” The New York Times, April 1, 2011.
Powers, Nancy Chipman. “Mark Chatterley, Art Events.” Detroit Free Press, 2010.
Rooney, E. Ashley. 100 Artists of the Midwest. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, 2012.
Turner, Anderson. Ceramic Sculpture: Inspiring Techniques. Westerville, Ohio: American Ceramic Society, 2009.
Williams, Arthur. Beginning Sculpture. Worchester, Mass: Davis Publications, 2005.
__________. The Sculpture Reference Illustrated: Contemporary Techniques, Terms, Tools, Materials, and Sculpture. Gulfport, MS: Sculpture Books, 2005.
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