TINY TOES
18 X 18 X 6.5 INCHES, WOOD, CERAMICS, LINOLEUM, HARDWARE
18 X 18 X 6.5 INCHES, WOOD, CERAMICS, LINOLEUM, HARDWARE
I taught elementary school art for 30 years and we made a lot of pinch pots. Any day I told the kids we were doing clay there was much rejoicing. But fifth grade got to turn their pinch pots over and make the head of an animal or monster. I kept some of my demonstration models. They are a record of my teaching career. I can still remember the day when I made the pig or the chicken.
I am not a fan of whimsical or folk art, yet my work seems to border on both. I initially planned on just putting the clay heads in a shadow box but decided that the front of each compartment should show what the animal inside would eat, a connection that was both whimsical and folky. The final box shows baby toes on the outside and a monster to nipple them inside.
I am not a fan of whimsical or folk art, yet my work seems to border on both. I initially planned on just putting the clay heads in a shadow box but decided that the front of each compartment should show what the animal inside would eat, a connection that was both whimsical and folky. The final box shows baby toes on the outside and a monster to nipple them inside.
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Included in Quinlan Visual Arts Center juried show, 2014, Gainesville, GA
