My overwhelming interest is the human body, particularly female, the form, the endless variations of movement and muscle and the sensual voluptuousness of its infinite shapes.
Ceramics give me the freedom to develop and vary the shapes without losing the basic line..... gradually the shapes become dominant and each body's individuality acquires its own personal definition.
My work has changed me as it has changed the people who are close to me.I don't just see people any more, I try to imagine how they will look when I make them. I love large, dramatic bodies, shape and size becomes ever more beautiful.
When I have a crayon, clay or even glass it seems almost to take on its own life. There is something inside it that is trying to get out. Because the clay is organic and has a life of its own, it pulls me in certain directions. The ideas keep coming and then they rearrange themselves.
In my drawings and paintings, the form is most important so it isn't surprising to me that the form becomes all important in my sculptures. The clay allows me to put a voluptuousness into the body by stretching it. My bodies need to be viewed all around. I know that the differences are there only waiting to emerge.
They do acquire their own identities and personalities, some of them quiet, peaceful and elegant and others sensual, bold, daring, full and luscious. I try to develop movement so that they aren't static
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Because the figure is evidence of who we are, the way the forms evolve are interesting to me, they take on a life of their own. In a way my work creates itself.
