Metamorphosis

I've done a number of masks that focus on the idea of metaphysical change. This leads me back to opposites time and time again. And when thinking of opposites, I can't help but feel that it is a circular sort of logic at work in my mind. Thus, colors merge and cause and effect become united.

This is an older piece (from 2002) ... a good one to think about as Winter morphs into Spring and brown turns to green. I sign out today with a quote from Goethe:
"Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving."

Just Under the Surface

So many things are just under the surface - lying in wait to appear at opportune moments. This is one of the rare pieces that I didn't have a title for until it was completed. The idea suggested itself as I thought about all the ideas that are waiting inside me.

This is another of the last cast stoneware masks. I used a shellac resist to wipe away layers of the greenware and then bisque fired it. The mask was then painted with a white engobe and fired again. The final glaze firing was raku.