Barrel Cactus

One of my favorite places is the Mohave National Preserve where alluvial fans are covered with all sorts of cactus.   Desert vistas are pretty intense, and that's what I was thinking about as I pieced together this desert scene.  Low fire paper clay and glazes. About 10" wide.

Landscape (Barrels)

Ceramic and wool wall hanging

There's a lot of process involved here, from tossing a piece of clay onto a table to flatten it, then pressing in some lace to get texture happening, manipulating the clay by hand to give it shape, firing it, painting it, then working with a piece of wool fabric until the fabric begins to mimic the form of the clay a bit.  Process is pretty compelling for me.

Surfaces