Coastal Collection
I was fortunate to learn to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia where I immediately fell in love with this beautiful, colorful underwater world. Extremes in weather threaten the jeweled belt of coral reefs that wrap around the earth. Also known as the rainforests of the sea, they are the beating heart of the ocean.
A portion of the proceeds will go to The Nature Conservancy.
Beneath the Waves
Corals
I learnt various techniques after taking a workshop with the queen of coral installations, Courtney Mattison when she had an exhibition at MOCA in 2016. I make teeny tiny porcelain corals only 1 inch to 14 inches in circumference and recently I have made them so that they can hang on the wall. Each piece has an initial firing, then hand glazed 3 times to highlight all the textures before its final firing. Occasionally, I will apply 22K gold and this is then fired a third time.
Precious
Extremely precious in a number of ways, the materials used, porcelain and 22K gold, its tiny size, but above all, corals are the precious jewels of the oceans, an ecosystem so delicately balanced that they act as the ‘canary in the coal mine’ in our warming oceans.
