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The
Claywork
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The
Lizard in the Pueblo This particular
pinch
pot is glazed on the outside and inside and inscribed with
symbols.
There are pueblos, trees, hills, and desert on the outside and if you
peer
into the pot you can see the lizard scampering around in there. I
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leave some of the clay showing, but in this case, I think the turquoise
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Gecko and
the Saguaro This small sculpture
wasfashioned of
white clay, fired, glazed, and refired. The influence of the
southwest
is obvious, however, the piece was inspired as well, by Barbara
Kingsolver's
novel, "The Bean Trees". In real life, saguaros and geckoes are
not
really as close in size as they appear here, however, I emphasized some
of the elements in the piece for balance and impact. |
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Polka-Dot
Penguin
The penguin with the polka dot hat
stands on a polka
dot ice floe waiting for his friend to float by. As you can tell,
he is a dapper fellow, with a pom pommed beret atop his head.
Mostly
he wears this hat so that no one will notice he is balding
slightly.
He never lets anything stand in the way of his having a good time,
however.
This little sculpture is hand built of white clay. |
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Ice
Fishing
This little penguin
has chopped
a hole in the ice and has gone fishing. As you can see, he is
having
a very lucky day because not only has he one fish already, but is
retrieving
another from the water below. The piece is made of white clay and
is part of the penguin series. |
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Charles
Barkley
of the Phoenix Suns
Charles Barkley is my all-time favorite
basketball player and when he played for the Phoenix Suns, I never
missed
a televised game. I went to see him play in the Meadowlands in
New
Jersey once and was enthralled. I created this little penguin in
tribute to him. He used to have a little basketball sitting next
to him in the hole on the ice floe, but it rolled away one day and I am
still searching for it. |
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Pink
Pig Whistle The challenge here was to make a
whistle
that really worked. The most difficult part of this piece
was
cutting the holes so that a sound could be produced when you blow into
it. I turned the whistle into a pig because I was reminded of the
whistles that are fashioned in Guatemala that look like birds and other
animals. I first learned of them on a trip to the mall in
Washington,
D.C. where the Smithsonian was holding an international festival. My
husband
bought me one and I still treasure it. This piece is glazed,
except
for a bisque finish where you place your mouth. |
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