Kittara McSwiney

Lepus, 2020, ceramic, 12 x 7 x 6 inches 

Woven in history and the figurative act of brushing aside loose soil, my work exposes artifacts of symbolic truth, memory, and wonder. These reproduced excavations reveal carefully carved ceramic and sculptural resemblances of the natural world. The process of digging through the past is as arduous, meticulous, and delicate as the process I take in whittling clay, interlacing metal, and orchestrating installations. Once, I gladly accepted rough textures and mirrored reflections yet now they prod and restrict, weaving into my work as if rooting me in their world, coaxing me to tease out the unknown truths within my own history. 

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