The Clay Body is Open (Second Generation), 2022-2023.
Glazed Ceramic.
Various sizes, Max. 3 x 3 inches.
The Clay Body is Open
is a series of over two hundred small ceramic sculptures made in various studios over the course of three years. They are each the result of a collaborative, intutive interaction with clay. In each encounter, I pour myself into the clay and the clay pours back into me in return, guiding and helping me to reveal one of its infinite forms. The objects are small enough to fit in the palm of one’s hand, a scale that begs for the intimacy of careful touch and close examination. They are mysterious, even to their creator. Each piece can stand alone as a discrete work, but there is a special kind of magic in seeing them all together. Though every one is totally unique, there is a visual language that forms between pieces and binds them to the same world. Really they are one just being, spread across many different bodies.