Why do I love having my hands in clay? Getting dirt under my nails, drying out my already dry skin? I love it because my hands, my fingers, my heart are making something that never existed before. My spirit flies, my mind relaxes and I build, smooth, and glaze a new object. All the pieces are made by hand building. Inspiration for the gold leaf on the broken and cracked edges comes from a part of a poem by Leonard Cohen.
“Ring the bell that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That is how the light gets in.”
Metal and Flesh, Part 1 (2017)
Materials: Metal table, three arch ring vintage clip boards, in drawing on vellum
Dimensions: 48”w x 36”h x ’18”d
$4,000
Metal and Flesh, Part 2
Materials: Library table, arch ring vintage clip board, ink drawings on vellum and stool
SOLD
Metal and Flesh, Part 2 [Detail]
Materials: Library table, arch ring vintage clip board, ink drawings on vellum and stool
SOLD
Two Parts
Metal and Flesh, Part 7 (2017)
Materials: Metal, vellum, ink
Dimension: 11”w x 16”h
$300
Spool of Barbed Wire [on a table] (2017)
Materials: Wooden spool, vellum, ink
$200
Metal and Flesh, Part 7 (2017) [Detail]
Materials: Metal, vellum, ink
Dimension: 11”w x 16”h
$300
Pauline Kochanski Studio 