<ul><li>Brooklyn-based ceramicist Devin Wilde frames creation as a line of inquiry, an homage to history, or an act of self-love.</li><li>Wilde's ceramics studio in Red Hook is inspired by architectural elements from different periods and follows postmodern tenets.</li><li>Wilde hand-builds his vessels using a mixture of clay and grog, and the exterior adornments are attached once the clay is 'leather-hard.'</li><li>His signature gesture includes exaggerated ribbing in high relief and light-catching metal oxide glazes in patinated copper, aged bronze, or rust-covered iron.</li></ul>

The Function of Ornament Takes Shape in Vessels by Devin Wilde

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