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.
Happiness is
holding, smelling
molding a moist
muddy ball
Mud lights up my
wild ancient soul fire
I love having
earth in my hands.
– Mud Woman
… 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 timeless language of symbolism, archetype, and sacred geometry, 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.
TESTIMONIALS
“I love how your creations look like little artifacts.” – S.T.
“Your pendants make me happy. Every time I touch one I feel a calming energy.” – M.S
“The channeled energies radiating out from your work is felt so very deeply.” – K.G.
“Clay is indeed a magical substance, and when we infuse it with intention we activate the magic.” – L.K.
“So exquisitely crafted, so carefully, so artfully. You are truly an artist-woman of the new times!” – J.T.
“Renya’s creations are so incredibly potent. Each one carries the holy medicine of heart and soul. She is recording a story path for others to follow long after we have parted here. Her clay work is like ancient artifact … messages from our ancestors.” – S.R.
“Each clay piece is an ancient portal.” – S.C.
“Hearing the magic stories waiting in clay to be revealed, and then helping them come forth. Such beauty you usher into our world.” – E.A.
“You’ve been magnificently inspired, channeling art from a great source.” – S.S.
“Loving my new pendant to add to my collection of Renya Beauties.” – S.B.
“Renya’s symbolic clay designs are much more than beautiful, earthy amulets. They are soul inspired and spirit guided pendants connecting the heart of its wearer in an archetypal expression that reminds us who we really are – magical beings made of clay.” – T.S.D.
“As I sit and reflect on you and your work, the words that come to me are divine, connection, and love. You so freely give shape and voice to what’s alive inside of you (and beyond). Your work, presented so beautifully, is alive when I wear it, gift it, talk about it. Joy-full, Soul-full, Divine, Sacred. Blessings that one can keep close.” – M.J.
“This is the time to seed our authentic selves, and truly claim the work we came to do at this time. You truly are a model for that as you bring your light into the world.” – L.H.