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Peter Powning at the Canadian Clay Symposium By Fredi Rahn

Internationally acclaimed artist and winner of many prestigious
honours including the 2006 Saidye Bronfmann Award, Peter Powning
comes to the Canadian Clay Symposium from his home in rural
New Brunswick. A sculptor who works primarily in glass, clay, and
bronze (all of which involve transformation by fire,) his work ranges
from vessels to large scale installations, such as Split Rock, part of a
rooftop meditation garden at the Toronto International Film Festival.
He writes: “A good deal of the work I have been engaged in over the
last few years deals with metaphor based on ideas concerning balance,
fragmentation, and transformation: of the body, heart, mind, spirit,
nature, language, and culture. The work is meant to have the feel
of the artefact: an emotional artefact made solid, a cultural artefact
from some future/past, reconstructed or guessed at. I attempt to
produce objects that excite me and that connect with other people.
It’s really a simple as that. I also like the work started here in my
studio going out into the world. Being an artist is a perilous and
peculiar occupation that has many and varied rewards as well as many
and varied insecurities and pitfalls. Events like this (Symposium) and
exhibitions are a chance to come out of the hills of home to share
ideas, and spend time with my ‘tribe’.”

‘The symposium organizing committee is excited to have Peter as
part of the presenters’ line-up. His experience with mixed media and
large-scale public art will bring a unique perspective to our theme of
aesthetics. To see more details on events for the one-day event March
13, 2010, see www.canadianclaysymposium.ca. Registration begins
in October,

White branch vessel, by Peter Powning.

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