Clark Sorensen

Clark Sorensen has created some of the most amazing and beautiful urinals one is likely to ever see. Each is meticulously hand built and one of a kind - formed from high fire porcelain and fired to cone 10 (2300° F). These pieces are magnificent works of art but they are also fully functioning vitreous porcelain fixtures that can be plumbed and used in a bathroom. They are made of the same material as a commercial toilet but the similarity stops there. Clark hopes that his sculptures can be exhibited as art and installed as urinals in galleries and bathrooms around the world.

Clark has been perfecting his ceramic technique with these pieces for several years. Because of the size and complexity of the forms they must be dried slowly and evenly - taking four to eight months to complete each one from beginning to end. Achieving such rich vibrant colors at such high temperature has also been a challenge and to accomplish this, Clark has developed his own glaze recipes and techniques.

"Many have asked where the idea for these pieces came from. Well, quite obviously from the bathroom! I had the idea while standing over a urinal many times a day and letting the shape inspire me. I saw a shoe, a mouth, a shovel, a cup, etc. The flower became the shape I finally chose partly because I love flowers and partly because it is the perfect contradiction - taking a mundane, even ugly object and transforming it into something different, even something beautiful."