An Experience in Critiquing

50 PIECES OF MY YEAR

I pursue the position of a narrator; of a storyteller. Ceramic forms have a history of being used as functional records, from Greek amphora, illustrated vessels, and various different relief sculptures throughout history. I work to relate to this culture of story telling upon ceramic canvases, in a much less functional style. My use of engraved and glazed tiles seeks to imitate the pages of illustrated manuscripts, using decorative text and imagery to record things. My ceramic work is of a narrative, personal nature, in which my own inner thoughts and reflections are made open to others, albeit in a way clouded and constructed so as to prevent total understanding. The images are responsive, and not always directly related, but all hold a heavy personal relationship to their respective memory or emotion.