![]() This form allows Weiser to create one continuous scene without obstruction. In the early 21st century he began a series of geographic and astral globes. As Weiser perfected his China painting technique he expanded his imagery using antique botanical manuals and art history books as sources of inspiration. ![]() The botanical scenes were initially inspired by Weiser’s sketches of Thailand. His later work is characterized by a sophisticated use of colorful China painting to create elaborate narrative scenes of lush tropical plants, flowers, fruit that frequently included a distorted human face. In the 1980s he created a series of black and white sgraffito decorated wares inspired by his sketches of the Arizona landscape. ![]() All of these pieces are glazed with China paint. Weiser works with basic forms mostly drawn from traditional Asian ceramics the teapot, drinking vessel, and storage jar. Kurt Weiser makes a range of cast porcelain forms that are frequently cut and reassembled to exaggerate the original form. 1967-1969 Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michiganġ972 BFA Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouriġ976 MFA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michiganġ977-1989 Director, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montanaġ988 Ceramics Department Head, Herberger College School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, ArizonaĢ000 Regents Professor, Arizona State University ![]()
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