Non-functional

above with those dark wings (in awe)

Behind these wall pieces are unfired slip, made from the same clay as the sculptures. As the exhibition went on, the slip slowly cracked. The beams symbolize the joy and hope these prairie inspired creatures giving me. The cracking brings a reality of trying to sustain this hope in an often harrowing world.

Behind these wall pieces are unfired slip, made from the same clay as the sculptures. As the exhibition went on, the slip slowly cracked. The beams symbolize the joy and hope these prairie inspired creatures giving me. The cracking brings a reality of trying to sustain this hope in an often harrowing world.

Shot from solo show “Working Through It”

Rebekah Sweda

Intersection Pieces from solo show “The Derived Vessel”

Rebekah Sweda

Shot from solo show “Amphora”

Rebekah Sweda

Earthling

Native and colored clay, glaze, glass, crushed rocks, perlite

Elegy For Someone, For No One

Mary Wilhelm

Corinne Beardsley, “Earthlings Installation”

2013, ceramic and oxide stain, 40″x18″x16″

Grief (I Can Take You With Me)- detail

Mary Wilhelm

Between Two Worlds (detail view)

Between Two Worlds (figure only) was created in 2017 and was featured at Phoenix Art Museum along with Truth from Within. The installation it was placed in was created in 2020. Materials for the figure include copper carbonate, wax and wire.

Between Two Worlds (figure only) was created in 2017 and was featured at Phoenix Art Museum along with Truth from Within. The installation it was placed in was created in 2020. Materials for the figure include copper carbonate, wax and wire.

Liminal Spaces (Southwest Desert)

Liminal Spaces references life transitions and life cycles using an ancient Celtic symbol and elements in nature that exist within natural environments. For this recent installation, I began with raw materials to create a design reminiscent of a labyrinth; a sacred place to reflect and center oneself in the midst of chaos. The desert spirals […]

Liminal Spaces references life transitions and life cycles using an ancient Celtic symbol and elements in nature that exist within natural environments. For this recent installation, I began with raw materials to create a design reminiscent of a labyrinth; a sacred place to reflect and center oneself in the midst of chaos. The desert spirals were created with bits from a previous installation using sand, dirt and collected bits of debris from the Sonoran Desert in Phoenix. I used ceramic techniques to preserve some bits by dipping them in clay slip, coating with crawl glazes and firing them in a kiln. Some were fired numerous times, others only once. Other bits were coated in chalk and milk paint, and some were left raw.