PANSY ASS CERAMICS

Pansy cakes and pansy plates – happy to publish our interview with this talented boy duo, Andy and Kris. If you’re gay as fuck, you will enjoy this window shopping just as we did!

Who is Andy+Kris? How did you met, what is the story behind the start of Pansy Ass Ceramisc?

We are a couple and artist duo based in Toronto, Canada. We met In Montreal at drinks with a mutual friend. We started Pansy Ass about a year into our relationship as a creative project we could do together. We never expected it to become what it is today!

How did you guys get interested in art, ceramics?

Kris studied fine arts and with a focus in painting and illustration, and Andy has always been interested in the cultural influence of art. We both had a passion for collecting ceramics, but neither of us had any formal training. Through this project together we have really immersed ourselves in the medium and are still learning how it works.

How do you get inspirated?

We get inspired from historical and current queer pop culture, and try to inject this into mainstream aesthetics of kitsch of the 50s/60s, the baroque and Rococo as well as classical Greek and Roman.

What is the 3 most important thing what someone need to know about your creations?

All of our ceramics are hand made by us in our Toronto Studio.

We only do small batches.

All of our work is going to be gay as fuck!

Are you relaizing your dream with Pansy Ass Ceramics?

Yes! We really didn’t know where we were headed when we started this endeavor. Every day we are shocked by the reception Pansy Ass has had, and we are incredible grateful for the opportunities and support we have been given.

How is the process until a new piece born. Who is doing what? Do you have a studio, or working at home…?

We just expanded our studio this month! Andy does more of the sculpting and creating the ceramics forms, and Kris does the surface decoration, glazing, illustration and photography.

The process of ceramics is lengthy each piece needs a lot of time and attention.

What do you prefer, your chinas for showing off or for use?

We really love the decorative arts, we don’t really do a lot of work that is meant for daily utilitarian use. We love to create objects display purposes… like vases to show off your rosebuds or sculptures to turn your home into a fun queer space.

Is there any living artist who you admire?

So many! David Hockney, Grayson Perry . . . there are two Canadian artists, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette who do incredible queer ceramics. We have also made so many friends in the queer art community through travelling around showing our work that inspire us, people like Adam Chuck & Sean Oconnor (click here to find artworks by Sean) both painters based in New York and Pascual Rodríguez (click here to find our interview with Pascual) a Spanish painter.

The best way to impress you?

We are really impressed by passionate people… and a good sense of humour.

Do you think erotic art should be showed on social media? What is your opinion about the growing cencorship on instagram, facebook…?

Western culture has a lot of hang-ups about sexuality, we obviously love to express the beauty and sensuality of the erotic. We had pics on our Instagram removed in the past, so we made a choice a couple of years ago to make our social media private. People now have to opt in to see what we do so, it’s not ideal but it was our way of preserving our social media presence. We certainly see there are discrepancies between what is acceptable to share between heteronormative sexuality and queer sex . . . and there is a lot of cultural work to do even the playing field.

What is the next for you to do today?

After this we’re shipping some work out to our collectors and then heading to our new studio to get to work making more!

My favorite word is… Pansy

I am too… Young to die

My nickname is… Pansy