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Rodriguez, Mariana
Artist Statement
Mariana creates ceramic work, primarily luminary sculptures made using carving and piercing techniques, alongside functional pieces that explore organic shapes. Through the use of surface patterns and glaze combinations, she enhances the natural forms of each piece, emphasizing texture, depth, and the interaction with light.
Drawn to experimentation, Mariana creates work that is both intuitive and materially responsive. Each piece begins with a chosen form that serves as a foundation. Mariana works with the clay, listening to what it wants to become, without forcing her ideas, but instead creating a dialogue, a dance in which both the medium and the artist are profoundly involved throughout the creation of each piece, open to all possibilities and unveiling what destiny has in mind. A key aspect of Mariana’s work involves pushing the material to its limits, creating forms that are light and thin while maintaining structural integrity. She strives to create organic and dynamic pieces that infuse a sense of movement and light into the spaces they inhabit.
At the core of Mariana’s practice is a desire to make visible the creative energy that emerges through making a piece. Each work serves as a quiet reminder of the interconnectedness of all things, reflecting the relationship between material, process, and lived experience. Her intention is to bring art into a space while sharing with others the creative energy each piece carries within.
Rossignol, Lucie
Artist Statement
I work with semi-porcelain because it is a white background for my paint work. I studied porcelain decoration in Arita, Japan with master Imaemon 13th. The nature is my inspiration. I have been a potter for 50 years and still trying to master my work.
Ryan Morgan, Erin
Artist Statement
I have always been interested in the arts, and ceramics have become my canvas as an artist. I love the feeling of taking a piece of clay, something raw and from the earth and transforming it into something beautiful and functional. I love it when people find a piece that speaks to them. They pick it up, touch it, and try to picture it in their life. That gives me pleasure. I watch them consider whether it fits, for themselves or as a gift and I am satisfied...even if they don’t take it home.
I love making vessels, bowls, carafes, cups. They can be practical and functional or decorative. I love making enclosed forms that can be shaped and altered to suit my vision. I focus on the design, the form, the volume, the surface in all my pieces. I choose my palette based on the seasons, with brighter, cheerful colours for spring and summer and moodier, darker colours for fall and winter.
There are worlds of possibilities in one piece of clay. I spend my dreamtime exploring those possibilities and my daytime making them happen.