Maryalice Carroll

i am interested in what happens to the body when it is overwhelmed with feeling, and i explore this idea through playfully abstract clay bodies with intensely textural glazes. each of these lumpy beings is covered in pores (holes) that are oozing bodily fluid (glaze). additionally, the surfaces of the clay objects offer a deeper analogy to being overstimulated to the point of discomfort. as a hyper-sensitive person (emotionally and physically), i have become keenly aware of my body’s reaction to stress. my skin starts to feel almost electric and crunchy, like the surface glaze on the lumpy beings. i feel every pore on my body. every single pore, and each one tingling. this feeling is overwhelming enough to bring me to tears and to make me sweat. despite its severity, this feeling is invisible. because of this lived experience, i attempt to create physical representations of invisible sensations.
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