The Theriocephalous Figure on a collapsed pot

The latest is a wonderful terra cotta pused in or collapsed ceramic vessel which has a central figure per usual but this time its a therioanthrop.  The change from nude female (nature goddess) to a theriocephalous figure makes sense, it changes things immediately there will be no lost in translation undertones for the meanings of the centralized figure.  The animal head right away makes one think of mythology or ancient deities, this has always been the role of the central figure, a "play pretend" character, not an actual person, it represented nature and safety security, home.  This deer figure has replaced the nude figure, the deer figure can have breasts, chest, or neither, it can be androgynous or clearly male, its able to change shape at will, its like the very material its made out of flexible and able to take on any form.  So the Gods of abundance are here to bring in the next round of sculpted pottery from Pedro Ramirez.  More photos when you click below.

Family Portrait

Here is a narrative work which was made by putting three collapsed pots together.

Carved Pot

wet greenware

Susan Beiner

I attended a workshop by Susan Beiner on the 13th at the Clay Art Center which was both informative and inspiring click below to see more.

Above are photos of her exhibition which opened on the same day as the workshop called "Organic Dissolution" Beiners works are very inspiring to me especially because she uses the term encrusting which I also use to describe my pottery as being.  Sylvia Netzer suggested that I attend this seven hour workshop which really was fantastic.  Susan Beiner has quite an exuberant personality and was very interactive with everyone (there were about twenty people in attendance), she was open about everything anyone asked and really it felt as if we were in her studio with her watching the creative process.  I am thankful to have been there because she is such an inspiration for me, I would like to travel down a similar professional path.

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