Tony Furtado

The number one inspiration for my art is the natural world and finding expressive and engaging ways to portray what I see and feel. Whether its an accurate biological rendering or a stylized and surreal statement, my process almost always begins with imagining an animal somehow differently. I always try to strike a balance between fierceness and fragility – survival and surrender, something we all endure as part of this wildly changing planet. Most everything I make is ceramic. Some of my work is glazed but most of my pieces are surfaced with a tough, non-fired coating called Forton (a resin based casting material) that I mix with metal powders (copper, iron, and aluminum) which is cured and oxidized, giving it a look of bronze or distressed iron.

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updated 10/2019