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That light and the perfect temperature, in and out of the water.

I made an “easy” to hold, handleless pitcher so I will hopefully start to drink more water at work #ceramics

I think I painted this around 18 years ago and showed it in a gallery where I interned at the time. I sat in front of a sterile toilet somewhere in the art building at UCLA to paint it. I have always loved it. I was always fond of the shadow under the flusher, which is almost imperceptible, but I think makes the painting. It’s huge and weird, and has been lying in a room with a closed door somewhere in my dad’s house for years. How weird would it be to hang in my living room?

I finished a 2-day sculpture workshop with @brettkernart today. At the beginning of the workshop, after creating a loose "sketch" out of clay for his sculpture, he gave some advice that really resonated both in terms of creating art, and many other aspects of life for someone who often gets mired in details and loses sight of the big picture. Somewhat paraphrasing, he said to begin loosely and get the proportions correct before adding the details, otherwise you will be too attached to the details and the overall structure will be off. This hand is my first sculpture that is larger than life - it is probably 10 times the size of my hand; it's larger than my entire head and probably weighed more than 20 pounds before I hollowed it out. Hollowing a piece is always scary. After taking such care to create a form that you are attached to, and then cutting it apart always feels a bit daunting. This was by far the most complicated piece that I've hollowed--cutting it into 12 separate pieces before separately reattaching each. I still have much to do, but am happy with where it's headed!

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