Booklet for David Peters by Arcadian Studio

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CLIENT

David Peters is a ceram­ic artist who digs and process­es his own clay. He care­ful­ly merges the his­tor­i­cal and con­tem­po­rary in his ceram­ic objects. David uses CAD-CAM process­es for sketch­ing, plan­ning, and devel­op­ing forms which are fired in his hand built wood-fire kiln in Boze­man, MT.

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BRIEF

The client request­ed a pub­li­ca­tion for his M.F.A. exhi­bi­tion and some­thing he could also send to his gallery that would give col­lec­tors some access to his pro­duc­tion process. He felt that his work would be more valu­able if col­lec­tors under­stood the phys­i­cal­ly-demand­ing and time-inten­sive process­es he uses to cre­ate his work.

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APPROACH

Our clien­t’s work has its own voice, but his process is intense and we felt that the ceram­ic pieces need­ed a nar­ra­tive to make it more rel­e­vant for col­lec­tors of non-ceram­ic objects. We did not want a lin­ear nar­ra­tive to explain his work, but rather glimpses of the beau­ty and depth that goes into mak­ing each piece. For this project we pro­duced our own con­tent, includ­ing pho­tographs, writ­ten word, and typo­graph­ic illus­tra­tions. The book­let itself is lay­ered and non­tra­di­tion­al, allow­ing pages to be shift­ed and rearranged, giv­ing view­ers a chance to engage and make their own asso­ci­a­tions and interpretations.