Clay figures extraordinaire!

 Roxanne Swentzell

New Mexico

Ceramic Figures

“She is known for her expressive, hollow-build clay figures that capture a full range of human emotions. She uses traditional Pueblo hand-coiling technique. Her style is highly distinctive from facial expression and body posture, often Native American women and children, exaggerated hands and feet”

Photos credit to the artist & galleries

Arthur Gonzalez and sculpting expressions at Penland

 Penland School of Crafts has a wonderful guest teach program, so people come for workshops of several weeks, based on the time of year.

Here's a wonderful post about clay sculptures.

HERE.

When sculpting insecurity, mischief, skepticism, jealousy, contentment… asymmetry is key.

Today's quote:

We seldom accept negative comments from others; however, we so often accept our own inner negative chatter.

About the early west

More art from the James Museum of Western Art
St Petersburg, FL

I also noticed a kind of contrasting outline color that set the figures off from the background...see the bluish tint.

Chapter 4- more of my creations of 2019

I'm just keeping track here, so I understand if you've already seen these and are not interested. A record of sorts...all these before September.

Outdoor Sculptures

As you turn into Museum Hill in Santa Fe NM, there were some beautiful sculptures of a wagon and horses and riders...all as if they were on the original Santa Fe Trail. The first time I came by, a trolly full of tourists was looking at them, but not getting off the trolly.  It still kept me from seeing it well.  I'm glad I went back the next morning and stopped to look, and take some pictures.

Sculptures at the Asheville Arboretum

It was fun chiming on this huge bell.