Kent Potter's Association Marcio Mattos Master Day

Marcio Mattos Master Day, 3 November 2001

Marcio Mattos is both a potter and a jazz musician. He combines the two professions, but acknowledges, and sometimes encourages the two to influence each other. In some respects this is purely practical in that a bass player's fingers are not compatible with throwing abrasive clay on a wheel. On the other hand, the natural rough and rusting shapes and colours which form his inspiration in nature are clearly reflected in both his pots and his music.

The Naked Chef at work. Marcio uses various recipies for paper clay, often mixed in small quantities like this.	There - delicious!
Laying the paper clay paste into a paster mold.	Marcio wielding one of his special Japanese brushes which were the envy of many of the spectators.
A vessel form	A platter similar to the one made during the demonstration