Alterations: Branch Beetles

Beaverbrook Art Gallery Retrospective
17” x 13” x 5
Porcelain & cast bronze

Alterations Series: This piece continues my longtime exploration of fragmentation, found objects and notions about perceptions of value in the context of shifting cultural sands. As handmade pottery was replaced by industrial ceramics, something was lost. The connection with the skilled maker producing functional ware for daily use was largely replaced with mass produced ceramics …

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