Material memoir: MFA Thesis - Ceramics
dc.contributor.author | Sartorius, Andrew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-20T18:44:43Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-22T14:31:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-20T18:44:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-22T14:31:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/536 | |
dc.description.abstract | My family owns a fifty acre plot of rolling red clay hills in West Virginia. When I return home, I dig clay, a pilgrimage to harvest from the strata of memory. This body of work explores the potential of wild West Virginia clay through the wood firing process. The kiln creates a dramatic range of effects as varying amounts of ash and heat amalgamate and give vitality to the wild clays I use. The kiln is my collaborator, a trusted but pleasantly unpredictable partner lending its voice to mine to create something made from a life of memory and memorial… Material holds memory. It has a lingering narrative more akin to memoir than a full memory. Memoir is not a life’s story; rather it is a remembered story from a life. In Material Memoir, I explore the use of West Virginia clay to construct artifacts that illustrate my longing from home and passion for the wood firing process. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Ceramic Exhibitions | en_US |
dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Art | en_US |
dc.subject | Memory in art | en_US |
dc.subject | Pottery Exhibitions | en_US |
dc.subject | West Virginia | en_US |
dc.subject | Kilns | en_US |
dc.subject | Autobiography in art | en_US |
dc.subject | Ceramics | en_US |
dc.title | Material memoir: MFA Thesis - Ceramics | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-06-22T14:31:33Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY College at New Paltz | |
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