I
currently work on ceramic wall pieces using various image transfer techniques
and multiple firings where the layers compose the final image and narrative.
The format is a platter hand built using the wheel.
Layering
diverse images and patterns, I investigate a visually developing narrative,
adapting to each layer that comes out of the kiln.
Using
mostly my own photographs, I experiment with transfer techniques and decals to
layer images and patterns in multiple firings. I often photograph while
driving, without looking or composing the image. The result is a graphic
sampling of narrative patterns, instead of pictures of specific things or
places.
Working
in layers allows me to address moving between different realities: to present
unrelated ideas at the same time.
I
grew up with two cultures and this has underscored my feeling of moving in
between, encountering disparate elements and realities everywhere. My ceramic
work has allowed me to pull these pieces together.
Long Valley
Cone 5 clay, underglaze, litho transfer, oxides, glaze, decals