Unglazed galestro grigio, glazed terra cotta / 28”x15”x4”
On the Wing, 2013
Sull’ala (On A Wing), 2019 / Trading Post Correspondence Quotations
Unglazed refractory black terra cotta
Installation dimensions variable / birds, 5” – 10” long
Bird-head seed-balls for public distribution
Unfired terra cotta, dirt, seeds / 350 bird heads, 1”x1¼” x1”
Trading Post Correspondence, 2018-19.
“Trading Post: Exchange and Sojourn” is a collaborative exhibition project initiated by Chotsani Elaine Dean, with Monica Bock, Undine Brod, Jill Foote-Hutton, and Dawn Holder, all of whom inspire each other through parallel art practices that engage ceramic media with narrative content. In preparation for the project’s debut at Northern Clay Center (NCC) in Minneapolis during March/April 2019, the artists shared histories and studio work through nine months of correspondence using thematic stationery handmade by Dean. The resulting exhibition embodied their focus on preserving experience, responding to material, and valuing process. Contributing work from international residencies and home studios across the U.S., these five artists sojourned together away from their outposts to create an exhibition shaped by the traveler’s impulse to pick-up and bring-back in fair and equal exchange.
