nell devitt smoke fired clay tiles

Living in the woods, I experience trees all around me. The seasonal changes are dramatic and tie me to the earth. Summers are green green green. Autumn is mellow yellow. And winter, when there are no leaves -- black and white. This is an installation inspired by leaves or perhaps the absence of leaves. An abstracted black on black image is reversed in the four tiles. Raised textured areas are built up with a mixture of grog and clay. Straw marks from the firing process are visible on the smooth flat slip surface.

“leaf” “Leaf” 33” x 33” total dimensions

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