Master of clay

摘要

Thomas Bohle's vessels are concise and technically virtuosic; his glazes controlled and schooled. Though the surfaces he explores have little of the concern for pitted textures and scratched marks that the work produced by Hans Coper and Lucie Rie did, his exacting concern about form does recall their commitment to sculptural volume and line. His approach is distinctly different from those ceramists who allow the soft clay a voice right through from throwing, or hand work, to final firing. Bohle's pieces express his mastery and his discipline.