VINCENT HARRISON
Ceramics
Vincent Harrison is an aspiring artist in Detroit working in his chosen medium of ceramics at College for Creative Studies. He has been working in the medium sense his freshman year in high school. With the medium he enjoys producing artwork in the different ways in working such as hand building, slip casting, and wheel throwing as he feels each way of working offers positive advantages in tackling ideas that feels best to their respected techniques. Vincent’s art work tends to be a blend a free artist expression in carvings and sculpture to ultimate convey stories of either himself or life as he has experienced. In more recent times, he has incorporated poetry into in his creative work to help give words to what he has created or to add a lyrical element to his artwork. Vincent is in senior year at CCS with his graduation coming up in the fall of 2021.
Mosaic Chiminea, 2021
Clay, grout, stone and glass tiles
22” x 15”W
Mosaic Chiminea, 2021
Clay, grout, stone and glass tiles
22” x 15”W
Be Kind, Negativity Lurks, 2021
Clay
8¼” x 2”W
Coil Vessel and Poem #1, 2021
Clay
21” x 8”W
Spiral Coil Vessel and Poem #2, 2021
Clay
20” x 6”W
VINCENT HARRISON
Mosaic Chimenea
“As life for me feels a growth in many ways, one avenue of growth has been working bigger in my clay practice and not holding myself back in my creative process. Coil-building felt like a perfect fit for large-scale work as I enjoy the repetitive nature of the process. Through instruction, I have developed a greater understanding of how to coil build more evenly, specifically focusing on construction techniques.
With my mosaic chimenea, it has two reasons for its construction. The first reason is of the chimenea itself. It exist as a symbol of reflection and prosperity, as sitting by a camp fire has been a muse of openness with one’s self and being in a surrounding with those in my life; while the symbol of prosperity comes from the understanding of a consistent attempt to be at one’s best self even when the attempts feel strenuously repetitive like adhering mosaic tiles and grouting. Second reason is why I choose to adorn my piece as a mosaic. I initially wanted to create wall mount mosaic, however in the early stages of what I wanted to depict in the mosaic did not have my level of fullness in my inspiration that I could find at the time, but the thought and drive to still work to create a mosaic stuck with me.
My tiles were specifically chosen for the contrast of they bring to each other as well as a connotation I placed on them. The stone textured tiles represents the rough road everyone has to go through in their challenges of life. The gold infusion tiles represents prosperity gained when one puts in the time and effort needed to reach one’s best self. Together both tiles gives the chimenea a rough and glossy representation the journey through life.”