We’ve been back in the studio again after a long absence for the breeding season on the farm and are starting right back in with work for an upcoming show. We have been invited to the upcoming Beautiful Grotesque show at the Sangre de Cristo arts center in Pueblo. The show opens in October and runs through mid January. Stay tuned for information about the opening and sales.
For this body of work we chose to start with a functional form, since we worked with vases for the graffiti show covered jars seemed like the logical choice. The jars allow for another layer of narrative to work with the content we are working with in this series. The jars are collage, using molds from several of our previous projects and from salvaged doll molds. These images are reconfigured to suggest meanings that might relate to an ancient cultures fertility rituals. Many of the pieces were then textured to reference deep sea salvage, creating a false timeline for the objects. They will be finished to reflect the layers of ideas.
We used a combination of techniques for decorating the pieces, including sprigging, slip casting, buttoning, incising and sculpting.
Though not recommended by clay makers or professionals, we are using two different bodies on pieces that incorporate slip casting. The throwing/spriging body used is Laguna’s White Stone and the casting slip is Cashmere from New Mexico Clay. These fit together remarkably well and gave us almost no problems with attachments during shrinkage to bone-dry.
The work as usual was very collaborative, some pieces we both touched while others were one or the other, and will be decorated as a team as well. We deliver to the gallery in late September, watch for finished pieces soon.
Foxy-Wolff 
I am really liking these images and techniques. Keep going!