Paul Wearing

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Ceramics

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Gwaith Cerameg

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Paul is a member of the vibrant co‑operative Fireworks Clay Studios, located in Cardiff City Centre. He is also a Selected Member of the Craft Potters Association and has been the recipient of numerous Arts Council of Wales grants.

His hand‑built sculptural vessels are inspired by our interconnectedness with nature’s seasons and cycles. The correlation between the slower, emerging rhythms of nature and the making processes - which harness the innate qualities of the materials and lead to alchemical developments within the kiln- underpins his work.

Paul is drawn to the vessel as a powerful symbol of civilisation, one that echoes the built environment in which he lives. In contrast, naturally occurring textures found in both urban and rural settings continually interact with and disrupt this sense of order. Surfaces undergo energetic change and transformation through forces of growth and decay, and these events -the evidence of lived moments - are understood by him as life‑affirming.

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Mae Paul yn aelod o’r gydweithfa fywiog Stiwdios Clai Fireworks yng nghanol Caerdydd. Mae hefyd yn Aelod Dethol o Gymdeithas y Crochenwyr Crefft ac mae wedi derbyn cymorthdaliadau niferus gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru.

Ysbrydolir ei lestri cerfluniol wedi’u hadeiladu â llaw gan ein cydgysylltiad â thymhorau a chylchredau byd natur. Mae’r cydberthynas gyda rhythmau arafach, cynyddol amlwg, natur a’r broses greadigol - sy’n harneisio nodweddion cynhenid y deunyddiau ac yn arwain at ddatblygiadau alcemegol o fewn yr odyn – yn sail i’w waith.

Caiff Paul ei ddenu i’r llestr fel symbol grymus o wareiddiad, un sy’n adleisio’r amgylchedd adeiledig y mae’n byw ynddo. Mewn cyferbyniad, mae’r gweadeddau sy’n digwydd yn naturiol a geir mewn lleoliadau trefol a gwledig hefyd yn rhyngweithio’n barhaol gyda, ac yn tarfu ar, yr ymdeimlad hwn o drefn. Drwy rymoedd twf a dirywiad, mae arwynebau yn newid ac yn trawsffurfio’n egnïol, a chaiff y digwyddiadau hyn – tystiolaeth o enydau o fyw – eu deall yn ei dyb eu bod yn cadarnhau bywyd.

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