Celebrated artist Keith Rice-Jones hosts a special hands-on clay workshop at the Maple Ridge art galley on Sunday exploring the possibilities of three-dimensional space.
The workshop is part of A Life in The Day – a new installation of work featuring sculpture and ceramics by Keith Rice-Jones and his wife Celia.
Originally from the U.K., where both developed a shared affinity for eastern and modernist aesthetics, the couple’s work has continued to evolve in captivating ways through their shared home practice at Wildrice Studio in Burnaby.
Despite sharing the same clay, kiln and aesthetic sensibilities, their respective creative output is widely divergent in both scale and style.
Celia Rice-Jones has gained acclaim in the ceramics community for her largely functional vessels, pots and plates that speak to the many years she has spent refining form, balance and surface treatments.
While Keith Rice-Jones’ work is equally in tune with this environment, his recent large-scale figurative and abstract pieces look more at home at any time of year in an outdoor setting such as the couple’s beautiful garden.
While some are more humanoid in appearance and others more purely abstract, they clearly speak to Keith’s varied influences.
Workshop
Keith Rice-Jones hosts Zen and the Art of Space Sunday April 7. The workshop costs $56. Register at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre by calling 604-467-7322 or recreg4u.ca. Keith Rice-Jones will also offer a talk on the exhibition, A Life In The Day on Saturday, April 13 at 11 a.m.