Peter Christian Johnson: Selected works, 2018-2024
My work explores transformation, focusing on both structure and material. It uses the kiln as a vehicle for deconstruction. The porcelain grid systems I create often begin as digital renderings that are meticulously fabricated by hand. These structures become the architecture over which to stretch a fluid skin that is allowed to warp or collapse under the strain of the firing. They expose the relationship between soft and hard, the fluidity of a membrane, and the moment of intersection between these contrasting elements. They strive to pair labored construction with unpredictability, and capture the entropy embodied in the process.
Captions
- Crumpled Arc, 2023, Porcelain, 13”x15”x6”
- Solar Flare, 2024, porcelain, 13”x13”x13”
- Arrangement #1 (From Line Drawing Series), 2023, porcelain, 12”x30”x48” (Variable)
- Orb With Blue Center, 2022, porcelain, 10”x10”x10”
- Orb With Yellow Canopy, 2023, porcelain, 11”x14”x14”
- White on White, 2022, porcelain, 14”x8”x8”
- Yellow Orb, 2022, porcelain, 10”x10”x10”
- Proffer, 2022, porcelain, 15”x14”x14”
- Jilted, 2019, porcelain, 13”x11.5”x14.5”
- Scaffolded Vessel in Blue, 2020, porcelain, 8.5”x7.5”x7.5”
- Scaffolded Vessel in Yellow, 2020, porcelain, 8.5”x7.5”x7.5”
- Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2018, porcelain, poplar, laminate,40”x30”x24”
- The Violent Bear it Away, 2018, porcelain, poplar, laminate, concrete, 60”x25”x24”
- Totem, 2019, porcelain and earthenware, 40”x13”x13”
- Spill, 2023, porcelain, 15”x14”x14”
- Vessel With Yellow Racing Stripe, 2021, porcelain, 8.5”x5.5”x5.5”
- Tilted Arc, 2019, porcelain, 18”x24”x12”
- Second Offering, 2019, porcelain, 8”x18”x18”
