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O'Connell, Jennifer
Seedpod Urn
Earthenware
19 1/2"h, 10"w,11"d
Embroidered florae weave secrets over the seeds that rest latent with reserved energy. I stand in awe at the ephemeral blossoms emerging amid the decay, unearthing the fragility and changeability of life within this moment. In the intimate act of a hand touching the earth, sifting and turning the soil, or a moment of quiet reverence in one’s surroundings, a deep relationship is formed. I am compelled to make work that references moments of exchange between the self and the earth and the sense of wonder it instills.
References to decorative ceramic traditions, the garden, and natural forms are manifested in my work. Through a slow, repetitive process of coil-building and pinching clay I construct vessels that embody a fabric of woven wilderness with sensitivity to the fantastical. Working methodically in a progression, I embrace uncertainty and allow each form to give rise to the next. My works are metaphors that tell us of their world, and tell us something about our world: they embody a sense of transformation, of one thing becoming the other, of wonder, of the mysterious, and of a world in flux.
O'Connell, Jennifer
Seedpod Urn
Earthenware
19 1/2"h, 10"w,11"d
Embroidered florae weave secrets over the seeds that rest latent with reserved energy. I stand in awe at the ephemeral blossoms emerging amid the decay, unearthing the fragility and changeability of life within this moment. In the intimate act of a hand touching the earth, sifting and turning the soil, or a moment of quiet reverence in one’s surroundings, a deep relationship is formed. I am compelled to make work that references moments of exchange between the self and the earth and the sense of wonder it instills.
References to decorative ceramic traditions, the garden, and natural forms are manifested in my work. Through a slow, repetitive process of coil-building and pinching clay I construct vessels that embody a fabric of woven wilderness with sensitivity to the fantastical. Working methodically in a progression, I embrace uncertainty and allow each form to give rise to the next. My works are metaphors that tell us of their world, and tell us something about our world: they embody a sense of transformation, of one thing becoming the other, of wonder, of the mysterious, and of a world in flux.