porcelain dinner plate handpainted with repeating tooth pattern

 

This is a tesselation pattern I designed for the Mathematical Ideas for Artists class at CCA(C). Teeth are a bit of a recurring theme for me… In dream symbolism teeth are widely interpreted as an expression of anxiety — a touchpoint of my personality 🙃

progress shots of large stoneware insect sculpture; silly selfie

 

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka

Lately this enormous bug has been eating up all my studio time, hmmm. Oh, and I’m sick, and when I’m sick I get goofy.