Lucy Snow
Visions InClay 2020
Lucy Snow
Artist Statement:
Sometimes I start with a very clear idea or image, or find specific imagery, to interpret/make three-dimensional. Other times I'm exploring an abstracted or geometric open form. There is some usually some experimentation, or invention of process, that motivates me.The flexibility of the clay medium makes it both accessible and challenging.
Each stage of clay, from soft to firm to hard, rough, smooth, shiny, etc., requires its own methods and discipline. Starting a work and carrying it through the final stages, hoping it will make it through the firing(s), is both exciting and challenging. Maybe something good that I hadn't quite expected will happen--it's never completely predictable.
For this bust, Ifoundpictures of龱DzٲMenchu, a Mayan activist and Nobel Peace Laureatefrom Guatemala.Mayan traditionalfabricsoftenhave intricate patterns and bright colors, specific to different areas and families. Inspired by these fabrics, Iwas looking atherNobel Laureate portraitprinted out in black and white.On the bust,Iusedbright spots oflight and darkcolorsto emphasizelight and dark areasof her faceas shown in the printout.This was away of playingwith projecting a two-dimensional imageonto a three-dimensional surface. It also becamea comment on how portraits canfreezeapassing moment, but thatin life,the light on asurfaceisalwaysmoving.
龱Dzٲ
cone06 fired stoneware with slips and stains
12” x 14” x 7”
2014
$800