Samirah Steinmeyer

I’m fascinated with liminal states within cycles of development or evolution. My baskets depict forms that exist within a state between keeping it together and falling apart. I explore these dynamics using the visual vocabulary of geological formations and my local Sky Island landscapes as metaphors for a self, a mind or a life in flux. I was in a bicycle accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury in 2020, which abruptly breached a liminal state I had been existing in. The accident broke me in many ways. But as awful as that may sound, and to be honest it wasn’t a walk in the park, it was one of the most profoundly healing experiences of my life. One that I would not choose to take back if given the chance. I am now compelled to make pieces that embody the beauty and strength of a fractured or precarious form, with an invitation to go ahead and fall apart if necessary. Fractures in a canyon wall — or a mind — can indicate a threat to its structural integrity, but can also reveal vulnerabilities that offer opportunities for healing, self compassion, and clarity. Stability and wholeness sometimes require periods of disintegration in order to recalibrate or reintegrate into a modified form that can be more durable. Ceramic materials consist of a variety of rocks that have been weathered, fractured and ultimately pulverized in order to be reintegrated to take on a new form. The form I have chosen for my materials is that of a rock. I find this process poetic and relevant to the themes I am exploring.
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Canyon Pools 1

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Canyon Pools 1

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