Limits Of Knowing
Knowing of self, technologies, ecology, histories, and brain/body. The funnel brings external worlds into the interior chthonic space. Small bits re-emerge in the Braille text and imagery on the surface.
Photos: Stefan Seskis.
Tumbling
2025 ( 8.5” x 18” x 11” ) - Stoneware, porcelains, C. 6 glazes, decals.
Braille text: parts tumble on one another, increasing, with each confusion, the landscape’s beauty, from Assembling California by John McPhee.
2025, ( 13” x 14” x 12” ) - Stoneware, Porcelain, Japanese Paper, and Wood
Metaphor
Braille text: “dialogue across distances”, From an article by Parul Seghal, New Yorker, January 2023, quote is Metaphors allow us to dialogue across distances.
Ambiguous
2024, ( 9” x 20” x 11” ) - Stoneware, Porcelain, and Glaze
Braille text: “a taste for evidence, a feeling for ambiguity”, from Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s speech to the College de France and included in the book, In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays.
Wit Snarl
Braille text: Wit Snarl
This title is from ongoing art collaborations between Merce Wilczek and Pat Peterson, who call themselves WitSnarl.
2025, ( 12” x 12” x 10” ) - Stoneware, Porcelain, and Copper
Dendritic
2024, ( 12” x 12” x 10” ) - Porcelain, Decals, and Glaze
The meandering lines reference the flight path of bats; bee decals are courtesy of Michelle Choen, used with permission.
Five Epic Fails
Deliberate failures; Playful, how to make a form that evolves in the making?
9” x 7” Diameter
6.5” x 6” Diameter
