Rob maintains a studio practice in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada and Sagara, Shizuoka, Japan.
Along with 12 years living in Japan, his art studies include a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from the University of Regina, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan, travel in Europe, Israel, Turkey, Southeast Asia and Mexico, and an artistic education provided by his father, Gus Froese, landscape painter and muralist.
Japanese cultural and culinary aesthetics have greatly influenced the way Rob works in clay; shaping his interest in the tactile experience of using a dish and in how physical qualities of a clay body inspire and direct form and function.
His friendship and collaborations with Japanese potters Kazuma Nakano and Yu Kobayashi have been an invaluable source of support, inspiration and excitement about living and working with clay.


Saturday, March 26, 2011

Togei: Art of Clay


Togei: Art of Clay, organized by Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, was presented January 26- March 27 at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery.   This exhibition consists of work made in September 2010 at the Shaw Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB as well as a selection of work made in Shizuoka, Japan during 2007 & 2008.
Thanks to Wayne Baerwaldt, Heather Smith, Jim Etzkorn, Les Manning, Aaron Nelson and Gabriela Garcia-Luna for their help in the work process. 

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

New Work in Clay 2009


Conexus Visual Arts Centre

July 8 - July 31, 2009

Working with texturing and layering techniques, I make ceramic tableware (cups, bowls, slab plates) that is both sculptural and utilitarian.

Living in Japan for 11 years in close contact with Japanese culture and culinary customs has had a great influence on my life and work. Mainly, this experience has made me more aware of the importance of clay colour and texture in pottery in relation to the tactile experience of using a dish.

Experimenting with local clays in Japan, Mexico and in my native Saskatchewan, as well as using prepared clays, I have centered my interest on the way the qualities of a particular clay and slip inspire surface form and function.

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