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Vessels for Collective Grieving
In the midst of the pandemic, I revived an interest of mine from childhood: artwork, furnishings, and rituals related to life after death. I am actively developing tomb pottery and sculpture for the home as a way to breathe new life into our daily relationships with loss. I increasingly use figurative imagery, ossuaries, burial clothes, urns, and other elements associated with first & secondary burial practices to explore themes of autonomy, resilience, and collective action. Shades of green and brown throughout this body of work evoke life-giving properties of the earth and the stereotypically feminine, while simultaneously representing diverse skin tones: those of the global majority and my own (olive).
Made exclusively from reclaimed clay with a naturally brown tone that is enhanced in reduction atmospheres. Firing temperatures in this series range from cone 5 or 6 (midrange) to cone 10 (high fire).
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Rib Cage(s)
This body of work is related to the fight for bodily autonomy following the Dobbs decision from the Supreme Court, effectively overturning Roe V. Wade. All works in this series are intended for sale, with proceeds being directed to organizations that help to provide access to abortion and pregnancy healthcare services.
Made exclusively from brown reclaim clay bodies. Firing temperatures in this series are limited to cone 5 or 6 (midrange), but include both oxidation and reduction atmospheres to result in a wide range of brown colors — an overt reference to brown bodies, as in: the people most likely to be adversely affected by abortion restrictions.
Abortion is healthcare.
Healthcare is a human rights issue.
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