Simon B. Keller

Simon B. Keller, native German and son of a renowned ceramic artist and educator grew up in the castle Schloss Wolfsburg, being exposed to art and art events from a very early age on. In the 80-ies and 90ies he studied functional ceramic art under master potter Daiguji Michiko and Tappo Narui in Mashiko and worked with master potter Hosui Fukuda in Kumamoto, Japan. He has engaged in the making, teaching and promoting of ceramic art for 20 years and holds extended experience in cross-cultural ceramic art shows and events (Japan-Germany-USA).

Artist Statement
Bare materials as I encounter them, searching intentionally or randomly have captured my imagination since my earliest childhood. It takes rocks an eternity to turn into clay. Clay and water make for a soft and malleable material. The fire transforms it into a rock-hard state of being. Fire burning turns organic materials to ashes. Ashes and water make for a muddy mix. Fire transforms this mud into a glass-like, hard glaze that melts on the clay and fuses them into a quite different, novel state of being. There they stay for an eternity. They are in essence of the same kin. Me? I am merely a match-maker in this everlasting process of change.