HEIRLOOM: TRANSITORY SCULPTURES REVEAL THE LEGACY OF PREVIOUS GENERATIONS

Abstract

The grief experienced by the artist during her beloved grandmother's slow decline into the relentless fog of Alzheimer's disease was the origin of this body of work. Because clay can be both a fleeting record and a durable memorial, it was the medium best suited to explore the artist's feelings of loss and commemorate her grandmother's enduring legacy. The artist intends for the unvitrified components of her porcelain sculptures to erode when exposed to wind, rain, and frost, thus illustrating the disease's mental and physical consequences. In contrast, at the core of this body of work are translucent glazed jar forms representing lessons from and pivotal memories of the artist's grandmother. The multilayer, intentionally vulnerable, moulded ceramics demonstrate how, through the partial disintegration of symbolic sculptures, time and loss reveal our heritage from past generations.