Belemnite Cluster, 50 x 70 x 30cm 2023
I have always been concerned with the relationship between human beings and the natural world. The metaphorical and conceptual substance of this relationship continues to be the foundation for the content of my work.
Our recent history has been notably effected by the alterations that our species is causing to the biosphere, bringing about a sixth mass extinction. In my work, this has driven me to explore certain emotional aspects, such as irony, tension and despair that may arise through the comprehension of the complex chains of events that have led up to yet another pivotal moment in Earth’s history. That and to examine a multitude of species that were lost in previous mass extinctions as a source of inspiration.
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Daniel Joseph Cavey
United States
Daniel Cavey was born in Baltimore, Maryland USA in 1977 and grew up on a small farm in an outlying county. Cavey received a BFA in ceramics from Maryland Institute college of Art in 1999. In 2002, Cavey moved to Tuscany, where he began working with landscape architect, Tobias Bucher. The formal Italian garden was a prime context for working with terracotta on a large scale and Cavey’s architectural ceramics and sculpture can be found in a number of both public and private gardens throughout Tuscany.
Cavey currently works out of his studio in the Apennines, near Parma in northern Italy. The dedication to craftsmanship and the perfection of form united with an evident conceptual impetus has lead Cavey to produce both unique utilitarian ware and figurative sculpture for over 25 years. Cavey has exhibited in the Museum of Foreign Art in Riga, Latvia, in the in the Keramikmuseum Westerwald of Hohr-Grenzhausen, in the Museu de Ceramica de L’Alcora, Spain, and elsewhere.