Transcript KS3 Art Grayson Perry PowerPoint

GRAYSON
PERRY
Perry makes
ceramic pots, prints,
hand-stitched quilts,
and outrageous
dress designs. He is
best known for his
pots. He says, ‘I like
my ceramics
because they’re
wobbly and handmade and not massproduced.’
Perry’s urns are made with a
complex process: their surfaces
richly textured from designs
marked into the clay, followed by
intricately complicated glazing
and photo-transfer techniques.
Perry also makes ceramic plates,
prints, hand-stitched quilts, and
outrageous dress designs
When he’s working he is Grayson, but when he is at a party or appearing in public he is Claire
Claire is the alter ego of Basildon-born Perry who is 43, six foot tall, and married with a
daughter - and makes regular appearances at
art scene parties. He says, “Claire is not a real
person; it's me in a frock. All she does is swan
about, look at herself in the mirror and primp,
and go to parties, smile and have a nice time.
She does not DO anything - she doesn't even
make a bit of toast. Claire doesn't make any
pots.
“You can’t put on a dress and swan about in
public and complain when you get attention. It
doesn’t bother me. It’s a handy tool when I
need it. I might be ‘the tranny potter’ but at
least it’s a brand.”
He wore a frock to Buckingham Palace and met
the Queen: "I don't think she could believe her
eyes when she saw me. The Queen's eyes
almost popped out of her head. Never before
had she come face-to-face at Buckingham
Palace with a drag queen.”
Grayson Perry often uses found images to create a mood or a
tension as here in Barbaric Splendour 2003
Print for a Politician 2005 Engraving