Description
Repetition on a Theme, and some wood fire stuff…
One of my favorite methods of working in any medium and especially ceramics is to work a form to death. What I mean by that is to explore as many possibilities of a specific form or concept in as many ways possible on a daily basis. This may include changing clay bodies, cutting it up and putting it back together, changing mediums, alternate firing methods, etc…
Talent is an overused word in any art conversation. I believe in practice, hard work, and a schedule. “Art is work” and “Work begets work”, Jeffrey Mitchell. In that vein, you must show up errday and put in the “work” to accomplish something worthy, treating art as a job does not diminish its’ significance or beauty.
Mighty Mud is exceedingly fortunate to have a wood fire kiln. We fire it 10-12 times a year which is very often for that type of kiln, it requires many work hours along with a lot of wood. With my repeated form is a selection of my wood fire pieces over the past year.
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