Individual pieces from my MFA thesis exhibition, Noontime

earthenware, glaze
size ranges from 1' to 4'

These pots explore three family traditions. Money Wash depicts the ritual of washing my hands in money every New Years Day. Rhododendron evokes the memory of having my photograph taken by my grandfather in front of the springtime bloom each year. Peony is reminiscent of the passing on of a peony bush from generation to generation. I used these personal family traditions to create motifs, symbols, and imagery, that are meaningful to me.

All of the pots are non-fucntional, often the bottom is missing or the interior is inaccessible making them objects of contemplation, not use. The pots are coil built and the decoration is created by building with small cut outs or glazing together smaller forms. In this work, I was interested in having the ornamentation and decoration embedded into the work instead of solely existing on the surface.

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