Mendocino College Ceramics Faculty Exhibit

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In ceramics, there is a rich tradition of artwork that both embraces and transcends the material of clay. This show honors that tradition while marking our present moment in time. These artists value their connection to the environment and home, celebrating community and processing the complex world around them. Bringing this vision to life, the ceramics faculty and staff at Mendocino College demonstrate the power and range of the ceramic medium. In her artwork, Heather Law responds to our consumer culture. She casts everyday waste into enduring ceramic forms, exposing the long shadow of consumer habits while celebrating the material potential of transformation. Also responding to the instability of modern consumerist practices, the work of Jacque Adams reflects her philosophy on sustainable food systems. Her forms and surfaces celebrate shared meals, foraging, and strengthening community bonds. Utilizing atmospheric firings, she invites the element of chance into her work. Employing humor, metaphor, and myth, Wesley Wright seeks to process and mark the tenuous present moment through his ceramic sculptures. His work points to the commonality of the human experience, and the interplay of animals and humans, both environmentally and through stories and myth. Similarly in concept, but aesthetically distinct, Alberto Lozano Ruvalcaba draws deep parallels between the creation of ceramics and his understanding of life. He sees himself as an active spectator in his own work. Informed by functional ware. He loves how clay “shows the evidence of movement, like a footprint in the mud.” Grace Potter also leverages this responsive nature of clay, allowing her artwork to highlight the material’s reaction to the human touch. She reimagines historical forms with organic, rhythmic, ornately patterned surfaces reminiscent of shell or bone structures. Her sculptural pots feel as if they were once inhabited by some unknown organism. Often utilizing local materials, her work exploits…

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