Quintin Hubbarth
Quintin Hubbarth is an American artist, who works often with ceramics and mixed media in ceramics. The art he makes is a combination of functional ceramic forms (bowls, vases, vessels, etc.) and mixed-media ceramics. In both, he will often utilize crystalline glazes and/or metallic glazes to create unique and immersive surfaces. By combining steel components with classical ceramic forms, he can make what he calls Industrial Pottery that questions the status quo of what pottery should look like and whether or not function has to be its main objective.
Quintin makes enchanting mixed-media sculptural pottery that combines pristine surfaces with rugged steel components like rebar, expanded metal, or sheet metal for an original look and feel. The form created is more sculptural in nature, and its functionality drastically altered, although not completely denied.
His artwork ''Industrial Pottery'' is a result of combining elegant, classical ceramic forms with various metal components. The combination of these two materials is meant to perplex and entice the viewer into questioning the status quo of what pottery should look like and whether or not function has to be its main objective.
The unlikely marriage between clay and steel was an inevitable fascination to Quintin. The opposing qualities of two materials have always fascinated Quintin. The strength, durability and ruggedness of metal evokes in him romantic feelings of manliness and timelessness. Clay is infinitely, malleable and forgiving when wet, and once fired is extremely strong but fragile. The joining of the two creates a unique aesthetic that has a rather unconventional balance of properties.