Chris Chaney

My work is an exploration of pressures placed upon a body of clay & body and mind. How do we experience emotion when internal and external forces overwhelm? Clay can representationally manifest these forces by wrinkling, tearing, and shearing. Rock-like shapes are metaphors for stability and strength, formed by pressures originating deep within the Earth. As humans we are formed by the pressures that surround, oftentimes displaying strength, yet ultimately influenced by unseen fissures just below the surface. It is an unattainable quest to control the uncontrollable and move the immovable. The decoration is an examination of humanity’s need to leave its indelible mark upon natural and human made surfaces. It is my goal to mark space and time by creating a unique visual language up-on these forms that is familiar yet cryptic. Like our thoughts and memories, the designs overlap and appear to erode over time.
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Ribbed round vessel


   

Ribbed round vessel


  

Ribbed round vessel


 

Ribbed round vessel




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