Passages

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Passages is comprised of a series of tea bowls, fragmentary clay impressions, etchings and drawings that delicately represent a single excerpt of writing. An ongoing investigation into our own intimate mark-making forms a dialogue between the mediums of ceramics, drawing, and printmaking. The original passage which is evident throughout the works is only known by the artist, yet has acted as a wellspring to create many iterations.

I wanted to create a body of work that diligently focused on a single thought or idea; in this case, the surfaces of the tea bowls have been used as a catalyst to create many reiterations across mediums. There is a departure from textural glazed surfaces and an exploration into communication and mark-making - how they can be altered and abstracted through process - and the possibilities of the perceived meanings. I sought to depict something beyond the vessel archetype and open up channels of thought for the viewer beyond function.