I grew up on the edge of a great Ocean where the Gulf Stream merges with the North Atlantic. It is deep, mysterious, soothing and restless. As an artist I am drawn to it, connected. My spirit inspired and renewed by her raw primordial beauty. It is my muse.
All of my work is handbuilt, each piece individually sculpted. I work through an intuitive process of addition and subtraction. Hands moving and modeling clay faster than my mind can conceive the object. They branch out like coral, cluster like shells and flow like fish. I create in a fluid, constant state of flux until the clay slowly dries and the sculpting draws to an end. My movements and the history of my marks on its surface now frozen in time like a petrified fossil.
My collection of stoneware vessels are the Wash Ashores of this creative journey.
Constantly altered by time, tide and the forces of nature, I seek to create objects that have yet to be seen, yet to be discovered. Like a beach comber in pursuit of a treasure I’m teased by a glimmer of light on the peripheral of my vision where imagination and inspiration mingle. What relics has nature chosen to disperse in my path, it feels like a dream yet I am fully awake.
Artelier Design .Studio is the ceramic studio work of artist David Campbell. David is an industry design professional in the areas of tabletop, giftware and home decor. He was the previous design director at Reed & Barton Silversmiths for 9 years where he honed his craftsmanship and design skills. His original stoneware vessels are one of a kind, handbuilt objects of art created in Providence, Rhode Island.