Fossil Clay strata in porcelain
When you consider that the clay here is almost 300 million years old, dating back to when the quarry up on my hill was mangroves and swamps, it brings awareness to the layers of life that existed on the surface of the earth.
The mud layers and tiny shell like creatures fused and after Era’s of life times have passed since, and with so many human and natural changes on the surface of the earth, here i am digging and collecting a hand full of these fossil clay shards to layer in my pots : fractured and yet holding the evidence of an extinction in species and biodiversity. The ferns are still here millions of years later, the place where i dig gently with my hands, at this monument of time, this ecosystem of still wild.
As i coil the clay with my hands, revolving in a rhythm, pounding and pinching and with the soft contours of large pebbles..
A vista from outer space, a visual metaphor, earth off axis, a shift in constellations.
The Inuits say their sky has changed.
They, still in harmony with nature, who read the cosmos, understand.
This globe like peace is non water tight, due to the fine cracks from the volcanic interruptions.
D32 H25cm
Made to order 8 weeks
Fossil Clay strata in porcelain
When you consider that the clay here is almost 300 million years old, dating back to when the quarry up on my hill was mangroves and swamps, it brings awareness to the layers of life that existed on the surface of the earth.
The mud layers and tiny shell like creatures fused and after Era’s of life times have passed since, and with so many human and natural changes on the surface of the earth, here i am digging and collecting a hand full of these fossil clay shards to layer in my pots : fractured and yet holding the evidence of an extinction in species and biodiversity. The ferns are still here millions of years later, the place where i dig gently with my hands, at this monument of time, this ecosystem of still wild.
As i coil the clay with my hands, revolving in a rhythm, pounding and pinching and with the soft contours of large pebbles..
A vista from outer space, a visual metaphor, earth off axis, a shift in constellations.
The Inuits say their sky has changed.
They, still in harmony with nature, who read the cosmos, understand.
This globe like peace is non water tight, due to the fine cracks from the volcanic interruptions.
D32 H25cm
Made to order 8 weeks