CERAMICS INSPIRED BY EARTH*SPIRIT SYMBOLISM

Wearable & Ceremonial Art, Home Accents

I have a love for handbuilding, a technique of creating with hands and basic tools without a pottery wheel. This ancient method draws me into a creative zone where vision & voice from the past influence and inspire vision & voice of the present. Ancient civilizations created primitive art as narratives of their lives. Inscribed clay tablets, petroglyphs, and pictographs inspire the depictions and impressions of sacred connection that I create. I sculpt with primarily micaceous clay containing natural flakes of mica traditionally used by Northern New Mexico Pueblo potters.

… SHE CLAYS …

In my late 20’s, an exploration in clay had me sculpting a self-reflective ballet body. After several days of molding, I made the startling discovery that the finished piece lacked depth when viewed from side angles. This realization led me down the path of self-healing anorexia and bulimia. Clay was a tool that launched me into seeing differently through studying form and substance, appearance and essence.

Since the 80’s, I’ve studied, modeled for, and mentored with a handful of master sculptors, several of whom reside in the spirit world now. These legacy artists have become my Clay Muse Tribe of inspiration.

Flashing forward to present time, my clay work is inspired by the language of symbolism and archetype influencing humanity’s relationship with ancient cultural roots and universal sacred knowledge. With earth’s clay memory in my hands, spirit speaks of deepening relationship with the intricate fabric of life and the mystical structure of an awakening emergence. My inner calling is strong to follow spirit’s lead in actualizing the creative gifts stored in my earth-rooted, boundless, stardust being.

Thank you, Clay Mother, for the opportunity to commune with and create from your elements of earth, wind, water, and fire.