Selected Works
CERAMIC GODS
Selected Works ~ CERAMIC
THE NEW GODS AND MY ARTIST RESIDENCY
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I started this body of work when I was living in Costa Rica. There, I was working with some brilliant indigenous ceramicists. These kind souls showed me that their art-making method was based on a very quiet spirituality, It was then that I began to make these forgotten gods.
This inspiration was originally founded in my studies with Mayan elders in Guatemala. They were quite polytheistic having different gods for different situations. I am also very inspired by Neil Gaiman's work American Gods where the gods of old were tired of being forgotten.
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These personal gods are created by me, by hand. They are to be adopted by the new owner and given a name. There is a hollow access in the back where the new owner can store a written mantra or manifestation. Or you can just hang them up as art.
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I continued this series as an artist in residence at Barry Brickell's, Driving Creek Pottery and Railway in New Zealand. There, I made the gods and hung them in the trees along Barry's railway. They are now guardians of that space.
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