What a Wonderful World
This piece is part of a cooperative effort among several other ceramic artists to create “Life Affirming Imagery.” It was curated by ceramic artist Allison Newsome and constructed at the Harvard Ceramics Studio, Boston. It is made of stoneware and ceramic stains. Each tile composition has a nucleus of locally harvested earthenware clay, which unifies the designs along with the colors. They are mounted at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
36” x 48” x 5”
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Photo by Marek Jacisin
Twizzlers Dancing
Tile mural created with help from the Babson College community - an example of a tile project I am hired to do with students. It is featured in step-by-step teaching links on the Amaco Glaze website and the Laguna Clay websites.
http://www.lagunaclay.com/classroom/ceramic-twizzler-tile-mural.php
Egg Hatchlings
“All About Eggs” – This is my very first architectural ceramic composition, covering a wall space of approximately 5' x 3' x 3/4". The hen house is made of 3 tiles that fit together. In front of this composition is a pedestal that holds 3 or 4 whole ceramic eggs, beginning to crack open, inviting the viewer in to the piece. The eggs on the pedestal are nestled on a piece of draped cloth.
The chicks hatch out of their shells in 9 steps with ceramic eggshells scattered about them. All these pieces have mounting holes on the back for easy hanging.
14 one-piece plaster molds were cast from the original carved in clay composition. I can reproduce the entire piece with many variations in clay body and color. Each piece was cast with low fire white slip. Blue under glaze was painted into the line work. I don’t use shiny glaze for this to avoid glare.
See my original children’s book illustrations that inspired this clay composition in the Print Gallery.
