About Matt Hyleck

• LOCATED: Baltimore, MD
• MATERIALS: Stoneware
• SURFACE: Shino Glazes
• PROCESS: Thrown, Gas Fired to Cone 10

My ceramic works are informed directly by my love for natural objects coupled with a passion for utilitarian objects. Natural shapes, textures, patterns and symbols provide the basic design elements for my functional artwork. My current body of work explores the hand-made object within a defined domestic landscape - the dinner table for example - which seeks to merge organically to the user's eye and hand.

The dialogue between a hand-made object and the user is a significant daily ritual. Through my formal design and surface glaze work I am exploring the ways in which the nature shifts through the seasons; abstracting natural and man-made cycles of a farmer’s field, rolling hillsides and the fertile landscape that surrounds us. My goal is to create utilitarian pots for every day use; simple forms that speak primarily about functionality and the intimacy gained through daily use.