David Krindle has been a full time potter for twenty years. Prior to this he worked as a teacher and visual artist. David’s work emphasizes the qualities of earthiness found in pottery. He uses coarse clays and local unrefined materials in his glazes to create a sense of age, earthly origins and the human marks of the potter. He fires most of his work in a wood burning kiln because the wood fire adds an elemental look to the finished pot.
David’s larger pieces are currently moving in a more sculptural direction with combined thrown and hand built parts. He is combining different clays, slips and marking methods to produce work that is more challenging visually and conceptually.
David’s functional work retains some of the simplicity of traditional hand pottery. The warm clays and muted, earthy colours help create a sense of connection to the past. The shapes and decoration of the work is in the tradition of the local country potter.
