Gill, JohnGreen, JasonMcConnel, WalterSikora, LindaSormin, LindaKelleher, MattNelson, Liisa2019-10-302019-10-302018-05http://hdl.handle.net/10829/23479Thesis 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.Like poetry, my work resists categorization. Mutually exclusive categories are mythical. I am not part of any movement. My primary motivations are curiosity and awe. Materials have transformative effects, have transcendent consequences.35 pagesen-USThe author has granted Alfred University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other rights.MFA thesisself-glazing clayredbrick sawlongingregenerationEdenCeramic ArtThesis