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.
Uneasy
Cone 5 clay, underglaze, litho transfer, oxides. glaze, decals