David Clarke

Artist statement:

Every morning I put my glasses on, my face is a bit boring without them.

These are a very specific choice...laminated wood with aluminium. Wooden glasses, not pure metal, but something different, a twist on the traditional. They always set the alarms off at airports and offer a new conversation. 

Name of artwork:

To The Knackers Yard

Thoughts about the artwork:

Well, I should have been a cook and not a silversmith, but most weeks there’s a baked cake somewhere in the world of Clarke. Food history and table manners are brilliant, complicated and at times funny. I’m drawn to the events that occur as the evening goes on and excess and gluttony comes to the fore. I read cookbooks like novels; I don’t bother with novels.

Describe the process; who, what, why, where, when, how and with what help:

I never really got school and why we had to learn what we did. I would bunk off and go to the Old Bailey Law Courts and become captivated by murder trials, it seemed so much more real. With education there is pass and fail. It took me 3 years to get into Camberwell College of Art and 2 attempts at the Royal College of Art: absolutely no regrets; shit happens when it needs to.