Archaic Benevolence

unfired clay, face pressing

2025, From the series Expression Plates

baring teeth

Bisque fired stoneware, face pressing

2025, From the series Expression Plates

This sculpture is part of the Watershed Sculpture Trail outside Portland, Main, where it will deteriorate over time.

two Plates two Selves

Bisque fired stoneware, face pressing

2025, From the series Expression Plates

Open/Close

fired unglazed stoneware

2025, From the series Expression Plates

Two Baskets

bisque stoneware, face pressing

2025, From the series Expression Plates

 
Expression Plates
is a series of ceramic objects that result from the act of pressing ones face and mouth into clay. The results often call upon archaic sensibilities: the act of recording the self for posterity in a coarse way. These objects are left unfinished at varying states and in different environments to deteriorate and evolve over time.

A set of Modern fossils.