Kristin Morgin's ceramic sculptures and installations are all made from unfired ceramic (clay). After reading about her work in the latest issue of Sculpture magazine, I am utterly amazed at the combined elements of delicacy and scale in her work. She carves, moulds, burnishes and paints her surfaces, making them photo-realistic sculptures of antiques and decay. Stunningly, she leaves her clay body in its unfired greenware state. I am slowly making my way into the world of ceramics and starting to appreciate all the varieties of surface and treatments there are. I used to be afraid of clay because of its ability to move so readily under the artist's fingers; metal provided me with more resistance which my brain seems to understand. I have recently begun to realize that I don't need to be afraid of this material but rather understand the variety of ways of working with it and start to hone in on my own aesthetic.
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