Claude Morin
Claude Morin is a ceramist from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. As of late, Claude’s artistic study has been the transformative effects of wood fire on form. Wood fired pieces are highly dependent on the clay body and the will of the fire. Some of the factors at play are surface treatment, exposure to the flame, placement in the kiln and the wind. For Claude, the resulting surface patterns and flashing represent nature. When the kiln is opened, the transformation remains mysterious — the ash deposit and trapped carbon create textures in which, for Claud, is a spiritual ancestral process. Each piece is slow to reveal its unity and unique beauty.
Claude attended the Metchosin Summer School of the Arts in British Columbia and Medalta in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
