| NATURES’ COLLAGE The clay tells the garden's story. |
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| Working with delicate glazes in a fashion similar to a watercolorist, than a potter, Natures’ Collage posses a unique quality. Fresh petals are used to create a collage of delicate impressions in the soft clay. Mother Nature’s natural objects, Victorian laces, or other vintage heirlooms are impressed for bold texture. Those textures enriches the clay's story, as it frames the petals. After a bisque firing, “glaze colors” are blended for application. Glazing one petal at a time, each individual piece of pottery becomes a one of a kind handmade fossil for the 21st century, a perfect mix of modern and vintage designs. |
| wall pockets...pockets hold stuff mother nature's textures or victorian laces frame the collage of petals. Functional and pretty. |
blue iris ...and all that jazz
| My garden is the inspiration for Natures Collage. The petals and leaves are the collage materials. My favorite tunes and upbeat melodies set the pace in the studio, as i work. |
| Seek the Parallels found in collaboration. Parallels is a story about 2 friends, sharing their creative spirits over time. Ginger, a musician, and I the potter shared many a ideas as we sat on her front porch. Sometimes just passing the time, sometimes inspiring the other, always having fun. The real spark of creative energy began when we decided to add music to the marketing plan for Burk'art. IE find a new way to attract attention to the body of clayworks produced as Nature’s Collage. Ginger composed, produced, and performed the instrumental music, revitalizing the marketing plan. But we needed a name for the CD...that called for another porch party. Parallels was born. Now the parallel creative spirits were linked together. One in song, the other in clay. Both artists relying the use of talent, skill, education...and the creative spirit, that dwells in all of us. |
Iris Plaque
Decorative wall decor
Daises imprinted in the clay.
