Depuis quelques années, Cameron Jamie a réinvesti la céramique, sa pratique de formation, qu’il travaille par additions et effacements successifs. Il dessine sur des plaques lisses d’argile fraîche, utilisant ses mains, ses doigts ou encore une aiguille, opérant par grandes incisions, griffures ou pointillés qu’il s’empresse de gratter ou de lisser, pour recommencer. Les couleurs vives, souvent acides et très contrastées, se superposent grâce à des cuissons successives qui chaque fois les mettent en péril, et leur confèrent une saturation chromatique presque vibratoire.


Jamie has been working actively in ceramic again for the past decade, the material he originally trained in during his early school years which allows him to work through successive additions and effacements. Jamie draws on large smooth plates of wet clay, by reacting to draw lines and create forms using both his hands, fingers, and a large needle to mark shapes as he etches incisions, scratches, or stipples, which he then quickly scrapes or smooths out, in order to start again. He uses and mixes a vast range of bright, often acidic and highly contrasting glaze colours which are layered upon one another through successive firings, each firing putting them at risk and finally saturating them in vibrant colours.


Exhibitions:

2018 kamel mennour, Paris, France