Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p><em>Consciousness in Clay</em> is an exhibition consisting of seven tall ceramic sculptures and nine smaller works. Clay is the ideal medium for these designs; the plasticity during the making phase yields to the stoniness of the finished work and traps the hand movement. As life is my metaphor, the ambiguous forms leave much to the imagination— to thoughts of the natural world, and to ideas about color, rhythm, and harmony. Strong lines, undulations, fecundity, dark openings, negative-spaces, the phallic-symbol, and budding new life may all come to mind; but nothing finitely specific emerges. Using my knowledge of biology and microbiology as fertile ground for shapes and patterns makes this living territory infinite. Truth and beauty reveal themselves through a search committed over time, and <em>Consciousness in Clay</em> is the repository of that revelation for me.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Fine Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Art
- Year dc:date.available
- 2017
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Robinson, Sharon
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Piero Fenci
- David Lewis
- Ron King
Subjects
dc:subject × 7Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/140
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1139