Installation of my BFA exhibition "Rowing Home"

The poem that accompanied the installation:

Rowing Home

Looking back

across memory

I see my former selves

contrived, forgotten, abandoned

though they erode slowly

they still stand

watching

I peer past and glimpse a truer self

one that was

and still lives

deep within

Selected pieces were soda fired after the exhibition ended:

Approximately 32"tall

Approximately 35' tall

Approximately 24" tall

The Barnard slip gives a black metallic to bronze finish when laid on thick and a rich brown when thinner or rubbed off. It also puckers a bit after firing when applied to bisque as opposed to a smoother finish when applied to green-ware. These pieces have inspired me to continue to develop other forms with similar qualities to these. I hope this coming semester is fruitful. I graduate in May and am in the process of applying to MFA programs.