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 Pulling Carrots Raku Fired Ceramic Wall Hanging 2005 approx 11w x 8h inches Apple Crackle and White Crackle glaze over a Laguna Blend clay body. 
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 "Pulling Carrots" depicts a garden
scene with three women harvesting vegetables. Although the image appears to
represent a group of women working together, it is a continuation of a technique
I began using in the 1980s, in which a single figure is drawn in multiple
positions to depict a narrative of a specific action. The piece is one of  a
series of Raku fired wall hangings created in 2005.  Each piece begins as a
slab of clay, which is then draped over an arrangement of stones to create an
irregular undulating surface.  The modified slab serves as a blank canvas
for gesture drawing from a live model.  As the clay dries the drawing is
refined and sculpted in low relief.  The final work is bisque fired and
then raku fired in a 55 gallon drum kiln. | 
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