Catching Our Breathe in the Eternal Dust
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2018-05
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Who do we feel we are supposed to be? How do we see ourselves as we relate to the world? How do we find a reprieve from our daily anxieties? I explore these questions in my work using text and poetry situated amidst sculpture and installation. The text offers the voice of an author, a conscience, and the externalization of someone’s internal struggles as an invitation to embrace not knowing and vulnerability. The sculptures offer points of metaphor for our struggles to find meaning and understanding through the anthropomorphization of weathered and broken objects placed in moments of tension. The text and the sculptures together highlight mystery, wonder, and acceptance of the moment as a respite and an antidote for our existential longings.
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Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
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MFA thesis, Interactive, Architecture, Poetry, Paper making, Sculpture, wood, Sculpture/Dimensional Studies