Geoffrey Pagen

Geoffrey Pagen approaches clay with passion and a deep respect for the challenges inherent in his medium. His love of nature is reflected in work that retains the primal power of the California coasts and mountains where he grew up and often continues to find his inspiration. Pagen’s extensive experience with glazing and raku allows him to deftly choreograph the unpredictability of his medium. His active process combines cuneiforms, drawing, and geometric and organic forms with translucent, opaque, and iridescent glazing. The clay slabs develop into provocative single steles or modular elements of continuing and interlocking design. Pagen’s aesthetics and skill create modern interpretations of a primeval material in work that strikingly evokes the natural world that inspired it.