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Cristopher David White
hristopher David White was born in Bedford, Indiana in 1976. He began his career in the arts through drawing and painting. In2008 when he started to work heavily with clay, and received his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Indiana University in 2012. His work has been featured on several art publications, including Juxtapoz, Beautiful Decay, My Modern Met, and This is Colossal. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally, and held within numerous private collections. His sculptural works are handmade only from clay and with lots of detail, often resembling decaying pieces of wood, rusted metal, and other objects in various stages of deterioration. These works explore the relationship between humanity and nature and humans’ …show more content…

Ordinary elements within our environments offer both visual and physical reminders of our connection with nature. I am inspired by the small, overlooked aspects of our environment, finding enjoyment in the unexpected discoveries that come from simply being observant of the minutia and incorporating those mundane forms into my work. Crumbling Brick, rusting metal, and rotting wood become sources of inspiration. In my observations I also see similarities between the processes that occur in nature and those that drive us. By combining both man-made and natural elements within my work I hope to highlight the fact that we are not separate from nature but are, in fact, part of it.” This is something that Christopher David White said. I really like it because he says that you can find peace with the simplest things. His work is inspiring because he worked his hardest and he got to where he wanted to be in life. I think it's cool how started drawing and painting but he found his true calling when he started sculpting with clay. When I first saw a picture of his work I thought it wasn’t clay. I had to do some research to make sure it was made out of clay and it wasn’t just wood sculptures. His work is amazing and he must put a lot of time and effort into it. There is so much detail and the texture looks just like wood. I don’t think that ant other artist can make clay look so much like wood. I like how he makes the clay into wood then makes them into sculptures. There are so many sculptures he has made and they are all different and unique. It’s amazing what he can do with

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