Will Truchon

Clay Formations

The Westin Edmonton
10135 100 St NW

Artist Bio 

Will Truchon, of indigenous ancestry, earned a Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Manitoba (1992), a Master of Fine Art from the Ohio State University (1995) and a Master of Architecture from the University of Calgary (2011). Since the mid eighties he has held a variety of positions as a gallery technician, ceramic technician and art instructor. Among his other artistic interests are life-long passions for architecture, industrial and graphic design, film, music and general entertainment. From 1997 to 2007 he was a partner of the Hot Pot Studio that designed and distributed hand painted tableware to Western Canada. From 2001 to 2007 he was Artistic Director of The Works Art & Design Festival showcasing quality art in Canada and abroad. Currently Will teaches art for the City of Edmonton and the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts and works in several mediums including but not limited to ceramics, painting, multi-media sculpture and photography.

Artist Statement 

Some develop such a need to capture elegant forms in clay that it becomes a metabolic requirement.

The somatic feeling of clay upon fingertips and under nails, clenching and pinching, ripping and squishing from an early age has a history of pleasure and positive reactions. To have such a long relationship with clay and for it to be such a routine dimension to life makes it hard to go long before the next studio encounter.

Anything that can be conceptualized can be rendered at any split second. Any spontaneous adjustment to the clay conceived as a fleeting idea in the brain bio-electrically travels near to the speed of light, resulting in a flick of a finger or a hand gesture to affect the sculpted form.

The forms are a joy to perceive. Every creature and formation are subconsciously, and sometimes intentionally, analyzed. Every hue, texture, pattern is a celebration of adventurous discovery. Sometimes beauty is taken in by the eye and immediately rendered. Other times it can be memorized and built years later. Forms can be synthesized with other forms, memories, and concepts within the phenomenon of the creative process.

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