Resonance

During my time working with ceramics, I have learned and experienced many techniques that have led me to where I am today. I first began working with pieces that involved musical qualities such as small enclosed flutes known as ocarinas. Throughout these processes, my mind was opened to new artistic manipulations that involved sound and I continued to pursue this for many months. Towards the latter half of my time as a student, I began experimenting with glazes for my pieces to broaden my horizons. At this time I had found a palladium glaze that was very metallic and had an extremely reflective surface when fired. The idea arose then that it would look amazing if clay was formed to resemble armor with this glaze applied. The two ideas of combining sound with armor pieces were formed and my work then evolved in this direction. From then on I began to make armor in different styles and forms that looked as if they were in pristine condition, weathered and battered, or as if they were entirely surreal and existed within another world.

Thesis Committee Members:

Professor Robert Long, Chair

Professor Angela Latham

Professor Caroline Hatfield

Decay

Set of armor including a mask, shoulder, arm and hand pieces with dark brown glaze on white clay.

Reflection

Set of armor including a mask, shoulder, arm and hand pieces with metallic glaze on white clay.

Chrysalis

Set of armor including a mask, shoulder, arm and hand pieces with green iridescent glaze on white clay.