Research Artists

Kyle Carpenter:

The University of Carolina graduate Kyle Carpenter received his bachelor of fine arts degree in 2000.  Kyle works as a full-time potter in his studio and gallery to Asheville’s Historic River after exhibiting his work at studio tours and galleries across the country. Kyle Carpenter was born and raised in Raleigh, NC

I chose Kyle Carpenter as an artist I wanted to research because his pots interested me and inspired my own work. I love his simplistic pots and the intricate floral designs he adds along with a similar cream and bronze color pallet for all his pots.

This artist has mastered a smooth shape and structure that I’m guessing was achieved through a potter wheel but I’m unsure. The glaze and details blend with the pot yet are also contrasted in color. I think this artist is clearly a professional but also his work is not abstract or unclear, it is something you would want to buy and put in your kitchen table.

Chandra DeBuse: 

A resident of Gatlinburg Tennessee Chandra DeBuse makes functional hand-drawn and handmade pottery. The artist was originally from DeWitt, Nebraska. Chandra studied at two other universities before getting her MFA at the University of Florida in 2010.

I chose Chandra as an interest and someone whose art is inspiring because her art is so bright and different but at the same time it is still functional. I think that to me I just don't see a lot of bright and fun pottery. I think that I just don't see a lot of bright and colorful pottery around people's homes and this sparked my interest because it is functional at the same time.

There are many techniques I think this artist could have used to create their pots. I think for the pots a potters wheel or coils would be the only way to create such symmetrical and identical pots, but the plates/ trays could definitely be made through pinching. This artist has also mastered glazing and complex design that makes the pots pop.

Comparison:

Chandra's pots are much more intricate but both are functional pots. The brighter colors remind me of childhood whereas the pots of Kyle Carpenter are more design-based and I can connect it more to life as an older and less childish person. Her work seems to be more playful and bright and even more of a range in shapes than Kyle Carpenter's.

Works of Chandra DeBuse: