Charles Bound
Comment: Reads as a resume of Bound. Also, references cited inline don't provide proof of notability - there are two release notices of books (which are not in fact citing the book, one of those books being in fact not yet out), for example. There could potentially be more notability proof in the further reading section, but that would need to be moved into references and supported. Jishara (please ping upon response) (talk) 03:19, 13 August 2026 (UTC)
| Charles Bound | |
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.jpg) Charles Bound with Untitled (large plates).jpg Charles Bound with Untitled (large plates). Welshpool, Powys, Wales. Photos: The Author | |
| Born | 30th June 1939 New York |
| 🏫 Education | Union College |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Ceramic art, Sculpture |
| Movement | Abstract ceramist |
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Charles Bound (b.1939) is an American potter and artist resident in Welshpool, Powys, Wales. Born in New York City, he spent much of his life in Africa, before moving to England in 1983 and studying ceramics at Jacob Kramer Art College (now Leeds Arts University).[1] His work is found in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich.[2][3]
Bound is represented by several commercial galleries including Contemporary Ceramics in London and Fire and Flux, Norwich.[4] Preferring ash glazes to slips, his pottery – non-functional vessels as well as expressive, sculptural forms -- are brown to black in hue, with other additional (accidental) color highlights.[5] His urns, amphora and bottles (some over a meter high) recall functional pottery made by women of the Gwari community in Nigeria as well as Japanese Tanba and Tsubo storage jars from the 14th Century.[6] The rusticity, imperfection and expressivity of his pottery thus engages the traditional mingei or folk aesthetic of wabi-sabi.[7][8]
In addition to vessel forms, Bound creates tall stelae, influenced he has said, by the American potter/sculptor Stephen De Staebler. Bound’s large plates or chargers recall similar forms by Peter Voulkos, the key figure in the California Clay Movement (American Clay Revolution), that pushed ceramics away from function toward formlessness, Abstract Expressionism and European Art Informel.[7]
Charles Bound is also a painter. A selection of these works – all gestural abstractions -- were exhibited at Contemporary Ceramics in London in September 2024.[9]
References
- ↑ Charles, Bound. "Official Website". Charles Bound. Retrieved 2026-08-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Details for Bound, Charles: List of objects and artworks". The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
- ↑ "Vessel, Charles Bound". Sainsbury Centre. Retrieved 2026-08-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jones, David (2027). "Marked by Fire – Wood Fire and Anagama". Firing: Philosophies Within Contemporary Ceramic Practice. Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press. ISBN 9781861269355. Search this book on
- ↑ Waller, Jane (2001). The Human Form in Clay. The Crowood Press. pp. 169–71. Search this book on
- ↑ Hess, Andre (Jan–Feb 2024). "Know No Bounds". Ceramic Review. pp. 36–41.CS1 maint: Date format (link)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Eisenman, Stephen F. (2026-06-30). "Art of the Formless". Ceramics Now. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Crestou, Nicole (November 2002). "Les Printemps des Potiers". Ceramique et du Verre. pp. #127, p52.
- ↑ "Official Website". Contemporary Ceramics. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
Further reading
- Curtis, Eddie (January 2015). "Charles Bound". New Ceramics. pp. #1.
- Whiting, David (March 2002). "Charles Bound - New Ceramics". Craft Magazine. p. 56.
- Cooper, Emmanuel (2000). Ten Thousand Years of Pottery (Fourth ed.). London, UK: Radnor/British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0714127019. Search this book on
- Robison, Jim (1997). Large Scale Ceramics. London, United Kingdom: A & C Black. ISBN 978-0713641684. Search this book on
- Birks, Tony (March 1996). "Charles Bound". Ceramique et du Verre. pp. #86, pp44–45.
- Robison, Jim (September 1995). "Letting Go". Ceramic Review. pp. #155, pp38–41. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - Birks, Tony (1993). The Complete Potter's Companion (1st ed.). London, UK: Conran Octopus. ISBN 1850294313. Search this book on
- Bound, Charles (September 2010). "A Thought". Ceramic Review. pp. #245.
- Bound, Charles (March 2007). "Fired Earth". Ceramic Review. pp. #224.
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