Bone

A sculpture is an object that takes up a volume of space. For this piece I wanted to experiment with a sculpture that holds space, but remains empty still. In this sense, I was drawn to the skeletal system. The skeleton is the framework that supports the soft tissues and holds the space that is our bodies. The process of creating this piece began by coil building an organic shape. Once leather hard, I carved out the circular holes and cleaned up the sculpture. I chose to fire the piece with the raw clay rather than a glaze at cone six oxidation. This allows the clay to keep that pale white tone which is reminiscent of actual bone.

Ceramic
11" H 9" L 5" W