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[Audio] Murray Ceramicist Wayne Bates on His Sgraffito Designs and Weekend Holiday Show

Matt Markgraf, WKMS

Murray ceramicist Wayne Bates of Gallery 121 talks about his Holiday Show and Sale this weekend.

 

Bates works in the sgraffito style, scratching through layers of color when the clay is soft like a bar of soap. He says elementary school children often perform basic sgraffito by coloring a paper with crayons, painting over the drawing in black, and scratching through the paint to produce a multicolor line.

 

Most of Bates’s pieces feature geometric designs on porcelain. Bates says porcelain is a thin but sturdy medium whose white base increases the intensity of his colorful designs. He’s been intrigued by parallel lines on compound curved surfaces since he carved a stone chicken and drew parallel lines over it in eighth grade. He says he thinks an affinity for geometric images is hardwired in our brains as the same geometric patterns have evolved in different cultures separately over time.

 

Bates’s holiday hours run today from 12:00 to 9:00 p.m., with a reception from 6:00 to 9:00. Gallery 121 will be also be open to walk-ins from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. View Bates’s work at WayneBates.com.

A proud native of Murray, Kentucky, Allison grew up roaming the forests of western Kentucky and visiting national parks across the country. She graduated in 2014 from Murray State University where she studied Environmental Sustainability, Television Production, and Spanish. She loves meeting new people, questioning everything, and dancing through the sun and the rain. She hopes to make a positive impact in this world several endeavors at a time.
Austin Carter is a Murray State grad and has been involved with WKMS since he was in high school. Over the years he has been a producer for WKMS and has hosted several music shows, but now calls Morning Edition his home each weekday morning.
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