Martin McWilliam: Form Against Time
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Willock & Sax Gallery 210 Bear Street PO Box 2469, Banff, Alberta T1L 1C2
Martin McWilliam, "Vase Object XXI-IV," n. d.
woodfired slab textured porcelain with slate base, 9" x 9" x 2" (23 x 23 x 5 cm).
Martin McWilliam: Form Against Time
McWilliam's classic trompe-l'oeil effects with his ceramic vessels mislead the eye and call for a second look. Successful trompe-l'oeil occupies a very shallow space yet persuades the viewer there is volume.
"What I am looking for in my work with 'clay and fire' lies in their own essential beauty and the play between them - a beauty subjective, difficult to define, control or repeat - something to do with chance coincidence. My methods are as simple / direct as possible where chance has space to surprise. This leads me along a narrow ridge between my will and that of the material."
"I make coil/slab-built Stoneware "Trompe-l'œil" objects, coloured with kaolin slips all wood-fired in a 6 ku/m chamber kiln. They give the idea of simple bowls and jars, of a tradition that has given me a lifelong fascination, but take them into another space of the mind."
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