Take it with a Grain of Salt #9 - Stoneware 20cm x 25cm
Hand-built high fire ceramic, with oxide, underglaze and glaze (interior only)
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ARTIST STATEMENT
"Take it with a grain of salt"
These pots reflect the many bewildering statements and words of “wisdom” I’ve heard issued throughout my life. As a child I remember wondering why adults didn’t just say what they meant! Some of it was code, a way of communicating when the kids were around (all the more intriguing for young ears). Adults would spout advice or warnings in these roundabout ways, the meaning not always evident or relevant in a child's experience, and the imagery sometimes startling (there’s more than one way to skin a cat!). I took it all in and I find myself repeating some of these phrases to my own children at times. Though not always politically correct they bring me fond memories of my dear father. I used iron oxide (essentially rust) to give the pots a feeling of being as aged as the sayings written on them and used something akin to an ink pen to do the handwriting. The handwritten script is also a nod to the past……