This work is part of a series personifying the seven sins. Although they are nowhere grouped as a set in the Bible, these are the more popular vices that man seems to have much difficulty in overcoming. The series highlights the correlation between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit to bring greater awareness to the desires that permeate our minds and drive our actions.
A warning in advance, I'm about to get all pompous and ostentatious doing what all artists do when writing statements—make their art out to be more than what it is. To be frank, truly spectacular art speaks for itself. Having a lengthy description tagging along is simply excessive. After all, the nature of art is subjectivity. Everyone may pretend to nod and ponder while they're secretly thinking to themselves, 'what a bunch of bull'. And here's something most people don't know: art critics don't even read them. On the other hand, statements on technique and inspiration are always required for juried shows, grad school apps, and all that jazz, and maybe I’m just ranting because I’ve spent many, many hours writing statements that sound terrible no matter which way I turn it but here goes: It's been nearly a month since I bisqued my fetus at CSA. I can't believe I still haven't gotten a chance to glaze her or Papillon yet, but life's more pressing matters have been pestering me nonstop...gimme a break already!! Some clumsy oaf had moved my bone-dry piece from its original resting place and broken the arm in the process so I had to glue her right arm back with a ceramic mender. Fortunately, it held through the firing and now it looks as good as new. Almost. I picked her up on the evening of 6/27 and immediately went hunting for a medium-guage wire to bend into the umbilical cord, which had, quite sadly, dissolved into smithereens in the kiln. Nevertheless, I'm eager to complete this project not only because of what it represents but also due to its mini stature (as explained in my last post with the cost of shipping in regard to item weight blah blah). It will be good to have another piece to enter into juried exhibitions this Fall. China is naked except for the bandages on her arm. Her hands pantomime her entrapment. She looks upwards, searching for a way of escape but because she is wounded and lame, requires assistance.
I think of my work as trying to convey a deeper meaning regarding the human nature. Through handbuilding, I have tried to express this fragility, in the unpredictable nature of the raku firing process and the under-the-surface layer by layer stripping away of my three-part handbuilt head series, Layers. By creating these heads, each depicting a different layer of the human face, I attempt to spotlight the connection between every individual regardless of race, background, or social status.
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