Pottery/Image:
This category of work ties the visual narratives of my tableaux to objectness of my collections. Working through visual ideas on pottery is an important part of my creative strategy. I make pots that express the handmade, and the tactile quality of my chosen material. The cups, plates and vases I make become canvases for the images and patterns I cull from four-for-a dollar comic books, movies-of-the-week and family photo albums. The subject is personal but the images are given in familiar language: true loves, devoted siblings or best friends for example. Connecting narrative image to object ties me to a long tradition of the vessel making in ceramics and the accessibility of pottery to an engaged audience makes the experience rewarding.
This category of work ties the visual narratives of my tableaux to objectness of my collections. Working through visual ideas on pottery is an important part of my creative strategy. I make pots that express the handmade, and the tactile quality of my chosen material. The cups, plates and vases I make become canvases for the images and patterns I cull from four-for-a dollar comic books, movies-of-the-week and family photo albums. The subject is personal but the images are given in familiar language: true loves, devoted siblings or best friends for example. Connecting narrative image to object ties me to a long tradition of the vessel making in ceramics and the accessibility of pottery to an engaged audience makes the experience rewarding.
