About the artist

Tim Young has a desire to create something with his hands and the complete immersion into an art form that diffuses the concerns of the daily business world are what first attracted Tim to ceramics. This attraction has grown into a passion for the process of making individual pieces that are mostly functional, and at times, purely decorative in nature. Tim’s work is diverse reflecting the aesthetic influences of the many talented potter/artists Tim has studied under through the past 33 years of growth. Each piece is formed altered, decorated, glazed and fired at his Bergen Park, Colorado studio. Tim’s media is clay, a material of the earth, which he manipulates with his hands and a bit of soul. The fashioning of individual, functional and decorative clay vessels and forms requires dedication, commitment and discipline along with a joy and love for the entire creative process. If Tim’s work provides a sense of well-being to you and communicates this life giving force, then he has accomplished his goal.

“In the beginning the potter hovers over a formless mass, waters it and sets it spinning. When the whirring clay is centered in the potter’s hands there is stillness, which bespeaks the quiet rest that precedes and follows the work of creation. Body, soul and spirit, earth, water, wind and fire are brought into harmony. What was once a formless mass is given shape by unifying encircling energy of the creator in which the potter shares. Both potter and pot are creatures and so we look for perfection in neither. Only let each be a movement”.

To purchase art or get more information about works by Tim Young and other Shadow Mountain Gallery artists, please come see us at 28186 Hwy 74 (Main Street) in Evergreen, Colorado or contact us by phone 303.670.3488
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