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.
Mirage
Cone 5 clay, litho transfer, oxides, underglaze, glaze, overglaze, decals
