Elegy is meant as a counterpoint to the figurative sculptures, presenting the same ideas about fragility and mortality in an abstract way. Each individual form is meant as a frail reminder of individual lives, a sort of husk or shell of what once was and is now gone, drawing attention to the significance of the void within the forms. Each form is roughly modeled, leaving the mark of the maker’s hand to allude to the process of creation, which in turn connects to the process of living and dying and the wounds and scars that are gathered in the process. Elegy is ultimately a statement on our shared human condition of suffering and mortality. Seen apart from the others, each form would appear lonely and fragile, but seen collectively there is strength and solidarity.

earthenware with terra sigillatas.

dimensions variable, approximately 15’ wide as shown.

2010.