Obsidian dreaming
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OSSUARIUM of a restless soul
Constructed from fragments of ceramic works made over many years, this vessel gathers together abandoned images, failed experiments, personal symbols and remnants of earlier selves. Like an archaeological find assembled from shards, it suggests that memory is not preserved intact but continually remade. The jar functions as both reliquary and self-portrait: a container for loss, survival and transformation, in which broken pieces acquire new relationships and a renewed life.
The obsidian mirror does not reveal directly; instead it invites reflection. The dark reflective surface symbolizes a descent into what is unseen or unacknowledged. It offers fathoms of depth without reassurance.
The viewer will see themselves hovering above the contents, becoming implicated in the work.
Memory feels precise but it is not depicted exactly how it was . When fragments from a story are assembled they do not make a perfect vignette but merely offer a messy tray of broken objects. It looks like a body that has survived a meteoric seismic series of events. I have. We do.
The greatest shift for me is I’m not afraid of the depths and the darkness . I believe in the light that comes from sitting in the shadows .
