California Superbloom Poppies

There's nothing quite like standing amidst a field of wildflowers that goes on and on and on for dozens of acres. Much of California is fairly dry, but when we get a very wet winter, the following spring the air can get heady with the perfume of millions of blooming flowers.

Superbloom Poppies by Jackie Jax Williams

These very large poppies are made with sewn fabric and fired clay. Each flower is between 12" and 18" in diameter and the entire sculpture is about 6 feet wide.

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

Ceramic and Fabric Art

Hanging mixed media sculpture, ceramic and fabrics.  Yards of muslin, bits of wool fabric, hand stitched, and  ceramic bowls.  About 7' tall. 2019

Biological by Jackie Jax Williams