For almost 20 years, local potter Laura Vik has been creating ceramics — and her latest exhibit “A Study in Texture” is now on display at the C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery on the Downtown Mall. Her works include hand thrown vases, bowls and cups as well as ornate olive oil containers and other ceramic works that express her creative personality and artistic style.
Vik tends to create her work by throwing her pieces on a pottery wheel, and said she especially enjoys using texture to draw the viewer to her work. Most of her works are matte with natural colors, and she said she prefers creating texture by carving it directly into the clay, rather than using a patterned stamp to make an impression on the surface. This technique distinguishes her artwork by experimenting with the apparent age of the piece, giving each work a worn, vintage composition.
“I like to have a little bit of tension going on in a piece,” Vik said. “It’s not smooth, it’s not perfect … I like things that look a little worn, that don’t look brand new, even though they are new.”…