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BALLOON BLING- Sculpture Objects
Series 1: Chennai, India, 2022:
This work began with my curiosity about material culture. I began to buy balloons from street vendors. combination of narrative imagery and hand-built ceramic forms resulting in a playful installation of recreated ceramic balloons and bubble toys.
BALLOON BLING- Sculpture Objects
Oxbow Longform Residency October 2022:
During this residency, I continued to build this body of work. I made ceramic slip castes from the originals of mylar balloons washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan. The results are heavy and weighted as is tradition and history, they are in direct contrast to the lightweight and short life of a helium mylar balloon that falls onto lands and waters.
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