Josephine, 2024, 9x12x11 in., fired stoneware, photography, mixed fibers/threads, nylon, fiberfill
Figments
These new sculptures from my Figments collection capture fleeting memories of those who came before me. Ceramic vessels stitched with autobiographical fibers and silk photographs to render dimensional portraits.
Something is a little off. The holes are in mismatched places. They reveal some of the interior but not much. Herman Ray stands upright with an intentional gaze. Lonnie hangs an ill-disposed hand from his knee. A third sculpture, Neither Here Nor There, portrays a blurred landscape as if speeding down the highway on a Sunday drive.
There is a dichotomy between the rigid ceramic structure and the plushness oozing out the holes that feels both comfortable and unsettling. The soft imagery and domestic textiles are nostalgic, almost ghostlike, like a vestige of a former existence.
Something is a little off. The holes are in mismatched places. They reveal some of the interior but not much. Herman Ray stands upright with an intentional gaze. Lonnie hangs an ill-disposed hand from his knee. A third sculpture, Neither Here Nor There, portrays a blurred landscape as if speeding down the highway on a Sunday drive.
There is a dichotomy between the rigid ceramic structure and the plushness oozing out the holes that feels both comfortable and unsettling. The soft imagery and domestic textiles are nostalgic, almost ghostlike, like a vestige of a former existence.
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