Gregory Buck
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Artist Statement
I aim to draw the attention of viewers with imposing artwork.
Throughout my entire experience of making art, I've never really had the intentions of having meaning or certain messages with my work.
Does artwork need to have meaning?
I am more passionate about the technical aspects of making, the processes, the material, the information, the end product.
I constantly want to improve my skills and knowledge in efforts that each end product is noticeably exceeding its predecessor.
The processes are not always gracious, but I learn to respect them.
Experiencing all the things that happen during the processes, the ups and downs, make the finished work so satisfying.
Precision is a recurring word I have used when I am asked about my work.
Precision, and also detail, is what I relentlessly aim to use when I make my pottery and or implement in my drawings for prints. I personally find it essential to have precision and detail when trying to make eye-catching work.
The viewers don’t have to understand or know about the processes, it's more of a personal experience for myself. I just want to make enjoyable art that is pleasing to the eye and displays my skills and can represent my passion for making art.
Click to view A matte black group of pots. One larger vase surrounded by four smaller mugs on its right side. Full-Screen
Black Glaze Group // Glaze, stoneware, and red clay // 16 x 20 x 15 inches
Click to view A grouping of four vases in a line on pedestals. The two tales are on opposite ends on the ground and the two smaller vases are on a pedestal in between the tall vases. From left to right, the color of each vase is: Maroon, tan, matte black, and crystalline white. Full-Screen
Diversity / Glaze, stoneware, and red clay // 45 x 72 x 17 inches
Click to view Close up of the crystalline glaze of a tall vase. The glaze is a semi-glossy white with a subtle blue/purple hue and is covered with clusters of crystals. Full-Screen
White Crystalline // Glaze, stoneware clay // 42 x 17 x 17 inches
Click to view A group of semi-matte tan glazed pots. A taller tan vase stands with four smaller tan mugs surrounding its right side. Full-Screen
Tan Glaze Group // Glaze, stoneware clay // 24 x 16 x 18 inches
Click to view A group of semi-glossy and matte white pots. A tall semi glossy vase is accompanied by two mugs at its right side. One mug is matte white and the other is a glossy white snowflake crackle glaze. Full-Screen
White Glaze Group // Glaze, stoneware, red clay, and porcelain // 32 x 20 x 22 inches
Click to view A cereal bowl sized bowl with a sandpaper textured white glazed on the outside and a yellow and gold crystalline glazes on the inside. Full-Screen
Crystalline Bowl // Glaze, stoneware clay // 7 x 12 x 12 inches
Click to view A dinner plate sized plate elevated off the table by 2 inch pedestal foot. The glaze is a matte tan/yellow crystalline glaze with the majority of the crystals grouping in the center of the plate. Full-Screen
Crystalline Plate // Glaze, stoneware clay // 3 x 13 x 13 inches
Click to view A close up on the blue crystalline glaze of a bowl and plate pair. The image zooms in on the blue crystals on a grey background on the outside of the bowl. Full-Screen
Blue Crystalline // Glaze, red clay // 6 x 13 x13 inches
Click to view A grouping of different color glazed mugs in a line. There are six mugs and from left to right the colors are: matte white, speckled matte tan, matte yellow, matte maroon, speckled matte dark brown/grey, and semi-matte black. Full-Screen
Diversity 2 // Glaze, stoneware, and red clay // 6 x 20 x 5 inches
Click to view A lithography print. There are three faces together at the top of the print. From left to right is : Rodney King, Trayvon Martin, and Breonna Taylor. Underneath and behind their faces is a cop car with the words “to serve and to protect” on the side of the car but is crossed out. Full-Screen
To Serve, To protect? // Lithography stone, black lithography ink, and Chinese paper. // 12 x 18 inches