| Dutch ceramic artist Wouter Dam (b. ) begins his undulating and abstract sculptures on the wheel, although this might not be apparent at first glance.
To create his finely-wrought, monochromatic ribbons of clay, the artist first throws 10 to 12 cylinders, which he then cuts open and joins together, fabricating works that, according to Nesrin During of Ceramic Review, twist and bend and flow, containing and enclosing space.
The son of an architect in Utrecht, Netherlands, Dam was encouraged to explore form and beauty from a young age.
In , the artist entered the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, studying with Jan van der Vaart and beginning his explorations of shape and volume that would continue throughout his career.
Dams early works hint at the direction his oeuvre would take, although they maintained a functionality that his mature sculptures have abandoned.
These vessel forms, beginning to break from the symmetry of the classical vases they were inspired by, s
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