Willam McKinney

My work addresses humanity's impact on nature. The mining of coal and natural gas in my
home region of Appalachia has irrevocably damaged the environment. Unfortunately, this destruction
in the name of profit is hardly isolated to Appalachia; it is a wicked, global problem.
My ceramic sculptures are expressions of the tension between earth and industry. By contrasting
abstract geologic forms and fragments of industrial objects, I attempt to engage the viewer’s
curiosity of the neglected situations within the environment.
My use of color, texture, glaze, and pattern convey a sense of both destruction and the resistant
force of the beauty of the earth. Drawing from my experience living in the Mountain State
of West Virginia, I have forced contrasting imagery together to create tension and beauty within
the forms.

我的作品聚焦於人類對大自然的影響。在我的家鄉阿帕拉契，煤炭與天然氣的開採已經對環
境造成不可逆的傷害；不幸的是，為了利益而實行破壞並不只在阿帕拉契發生，而是在全球
都看得到的邪惡行為。我的陶藝雕塑表達了地球與工業之間的緊張關係。透過抽象的地質形
態與工業物品的碎片，我想讓觀者對環境中被大家所無視的困境產生好奇。
我透過顏色、紋理、釉藥、花紋的運用，同時表達毀滅與地球以美來抵抗。以我在西維吉尼
亞州山區的生活經驗為靈感，我刻意將反差的意象結合，在形態中創造對立與美感。