I LOVE her!! And I'm smitten with the leaves and the tribal look I have a 'thing' for faces and am only just learning how to use air-dry clay to make faces for stick dolls ( through a fun class with @Stacy Vajta here on Substack). This piece will deserve her own wall!
Thank you so much, Michelle! I’ve been making ‘faces’ for decades. Don’t really know why I started or why I continue. I did some wheel work for a few years making cups, bowls, etc. but somehow the faces always snuck in there as masks and sculptures. Never have done relief work like this before though, so nice to experiment. And to have my experiment appreciated!
Hi Susan. Something you said reminded me of this bit from Toni Morrison: "This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge — even wisdom. Like art." 🤗
Hi Lou. What a wonderful quote from Toni Morrison, thank you for sharing it here. I know I’ve felt so much anger and sadness from what’s happening around us all. I can only hope that from all of this ugliness, beauty and understanding grows even stronger than before.
I love the goddess you created! I had no idea about the creation window for clay art pieces. As is the case for you, art is my lifeline, too, especially with all the awful things going on in our society. I believe it is the one thing I can cling onto.
Thank you so much, Beth for your kind words and encouragement. I’m glad you’re doing your art, painting and drawing. With all that’s going on around us, we need to create and send that energy out into the world as a positive force for good! Art is a light in the darkness!
I love learning about your process of creating clay art. It's fascinating how you don't always know where the process will lead you. Having faith. Just being. The magic of making indeed. You trust your gut, your intuition, and look where it leads you and therefore takes us. What a marvel that is. What a marvel you are!
I'm enjoying being part of it in some small way. Art unites us all like nothing else can. It is our common ground, and it's more important than ever.
Thank you so much for your wonderful and encouraging words. It means a lot to me!
I’d like to say that I knowingly and consistently trust my gut. But I have my frustrations and doubts. When my hands are in clay, something happens, not sure how or why. Maybe it’s because I have to use my hands more than my head?
My intuition has always been strong. Even when others have tried to challenge or erase it. I always trust its wisdom. We all should trust it, it is key to our survival.
I’m so glad you are part of my art world here. It is our true common ground and the strength of it will, I hope, help us all.
I LOVE her!! And I'm smitten with the leaves and the tribal look I have a 'thing' for faces and am only just learning how to use air-dry clay to make faces for stick dolls ( through a fun class with @Stacy Vajta here on Substack). This piece will deserve her own wall!
Thank you so much, Michelle! I’ve been making ‘faces’ for decades. Don’t really know why I started or why I continue. I did some wheel work for a few years making cups, bowls, etc. but somehow the faces always snuck in there as masks and sculptures. Never have done relief work like this before though, so nice to experiment. And to have my experiment appreciated!
Hi Susan. Something you said reminded me of this bit from Toni Morrison: "This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge — even wisdom. Like art." 🤗
Hi Lou. What a wonderful quote from Toni Morrison, thank you for sharing it here. I know I’ve felt so much anger and sadness from what’s happening around us all. I can only hope that from all of this ugliness, beauty and understanding grows even stronger than before.
Susan,
I love the goddess you created! I had no idea about the creation window for clay art pieces. As is the case for you, art is my lifeline, too, especially with all the awful things going on in our society. I believe it is the one thing I can cling onto.
I adore the oak leaves, too. Wonderful work.
Thank you so much, Beth for your kind words and encouragement. I’m glad you’re doing your art, painting and drawing. With all that’s going on around us, we need to create and send that energy out into the world as a positive force for good! Art is a light in the darkness!
Totally agree!
Beautiful. It's through the need to create beauty that we will build our world, just the way it deserves to be built.
Yes, Michelle!! ❤️
Hi Susan,
I love learning about your process of creating clay art. It's fascinating how you don't always know where the process will lead you. Having faith. Just being. The magic of making indeed. You trust your gut, your intuition, and look where it leads you and therefore takes us. What a marvel that is. What a marvel you are!
I'm enjoying being part of it in some small way. Art unites us all like nothing else can. It is our common ground, and it's more important than ever.
Thank you so much for your wonderful and encouraging words. It means a lot to me!
I’d like to say that I knowingly and consistently trust my gut. But I have my frustrations and doubts. When my hands are in clay, something happens, not sure how or why. Maybe it’s because I have to use my hands more than my head?
My intuition has always been strong. Even when others have tried to challenge or erase it. I always trust its wisdom. We all should trust it, it is key to our survival.
I’m so glad you are part of my art world here. It is our true common ground and the strength of it will, I hope, help us all.