Sunday, February 15, 2009

My work in ceramics...


I began studying ceramics in 1983 while living in England. Being a native Californian, I found the colorful multicultural influences, yet constant gray skies of London inspiration to move inward and create in clay. I was able to deepen my understanding of the ceramic process while studying at Raku Studios in Barcelona with Teresa Marta Batalla. I now do my work in her studio, El Raval de l'Art in the Catalan countryside using high fired stoneware in gas burning kilns. I believe that the creatures that adorn my pieces are channeled from the very earth they are made from. They are archetypal symbols, coming from the magic of the Mother Earth and the forces of the unconscious. They are made with love, giving new life to the clay that they are created from. They speak in a language that we humans, are beginning to remember and understand. All pieces are microwave and dishwasher safe.
Each of my ceramic works is hand made and unique, infused with the healing energies of love and mantra and each piece transmits this loving and protective energy.
My ceramics have appeared in exhibitions in London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Barcelona and have been sold in Spain, Switzerland, France, Italy, England and throughout the United States.



Some of my mug designs



Sacred Symbol Necklaces
Each necklace is strung with 100% cotton cord, made with love and mantra.
One can feel the necklace’s protective loving energy.



Om is an ancient Hindu symbol for the sacred sound that represents the oneness of everything, the vibration that resonates in all that exists,from which all other sounds are formed.









Adi Shakti, the symbol of the divine feminine energy of the Earth (and icon for the Sikhs) was the first mantra I heard chanted by my future teachers, the Gurudass’ and became first sacred symbol used for her necklaces.

After the popularity of the Adi’s, I added the Gurmuki symbol Ek Ong Kar (“all is one,”) a Hopi Shaman, the Eye of Horus--the pharonic symbol for protection and the Hand of Fatima.

















Ganesh is the Hindu Elephant-headed God
who was the son of Shiva and Parvati.
He is one of the Gods of wisdom
and is called upon for overcoming obstacles.









This ancient Goddess symbol
 is to help women remember
 their own divine nature.
 

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