Joyride
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2019-05
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A rectangular handle transforms into interlocked leafy scales and a cylindrical interior warps and bulges as if a scarab from The Mummy is crawling beneath its surface. Thick batter-like splats of raucous color melt and flow together as the mouth salivates, confused and yearning for a taste. An armchair appears to have contracted psychedelic leprosy and is coated in piles of foaming moss green and dripping coral red. A mug sports a sled instead of a foot-ring, and its elongated volume is flooded with a pool of glassy ice, submerged white orbs poke out from the unyielding yet revealing surface. The parts are all there, a handle to hold, a lip to drink from, a protruding armrest, yet they are all tweaked and mutated. The object is recognizable but is pushed so far from its archetype that it appears alien.
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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, Stoneware, Porcelain, Glazes, Coil Built, Gun Tufted, Ceramic Art