Tenuous Hold

BIANCA METAL RAT/Year of the Metal Rat 1/25/20

A sculpted ceramic mask of a rabbit with exaggerated and eerily human characteristics, including bloodshot eyes, flaring nostrils, and large yellowing front teeth. 

Rabbit Mask #1

The dwarfed Statue of Liberty faces several tall bollards of the southern border wall construction

Untitled

Ceramic stoneware, wood fired sculpture. The piece resembles a bunny sitting in a relaxed and optimistic position. The back legs stretching out in front of the front, and ears are up high with alert and awareness.

Hitch

Swirled and detailed patterns of peach and gray tones create images that encourage imaginative interpretaion such as images of a cloud burst. These patterns reflect the random interactions of the minerals, smoke, and heat which occur in the  pit firing process. 

Pit Fired Bottle #12 Atmoshperic Wonder

This wall sculpture portrays two black beetles rolling a distinctly orange, prominent politician's head instead of a ball of dung.  

Nope

A pair of Ikebana vases, designed to appear off-centered but balanced

Wabi Sabi Ikebana Vases

A small ceramic jar, cylindrical in shape that has a flat top and a smooth transition into four stout legs. In the center of the jar, a glossy black hemisphere caps the opening to the jar. The flat top of the jar has a organic, scored texture and is glazed in a matte gold lustre. The side and feet of the jar are glazed in a matte, mottled green black that sharply contrasts the gold on its top, and the glossy black on its lid.

Earthen Jar

Sugar bowl with lid, creamer and caddy. Decorative elements include organic sculpted embellishments and turquoise hand-painted, Indian inspired patterns.  Whimsical in nature. 

Tea Set For Maharani

A Ceramic Box with an etched drawing of Dolly Parton. The top has the name "Dolly" etched in cursive. The other 3 sides feature a guitar, rainbows and flowers

Dolly Box

A sculpture of a Black womans face. The texture is smooth from the acrylic paint. The back of the sculpture is flat. 

Face

This expressionist clay chalice abstract to ancient chalice form. It's physical base is handbuilt and angular, holding a wheel thrown and altered vessel the size of a wine glass. The white stoneware shows through in places that are not covered with a melted ash glaze over a second glaze that ranges from matt orange to glossy blue. It could be as satisfying in your hand as it is for your eyes.

Chalice

Blue textured wall piece ornate w flowers and presenting centrally locates blossom cup

Small Grotto

An old man sitting on a glossy red park bench reading his newspaper with his dog lying on the cobblestone pavement waiting patiently. 
Inspired from a photo of my father with his dog.

Dad and Cartlin

"Broken Promise: Black Lives Matter". Classical portrait of male head in white porcelain clay. Broken shards portray disappointment at failed efforts to find racial justice.

Broken Promise

White porcelain cups with a bright green inside stacked on each other to form a random pile.

Cups

A wheel thrown and altered lidded coffee pot with deep orange and grey blushing. 

Coffee Pot

The piece is a thrown and altered ceramic vase. There's a wide thin horizontal lip similar to a hat rim. Below the rim is a broad shoulder that narrows down to the base and foot of the vase. On the front body there is an asymmetrical cross where the vase was hit which bi-secs the body and includes and folds down the rim in the front. This adds some unique interest points. 

Crossed

This vessel is faceted, meaning that clay has been sliced and torn away from the thrown form. What started as a round form is now jagged and angular. The cup utilizes a shino glaze that has a retinue of warm browns, oranges, and whites. The subtle streaks of blacks and greens are visible from the sides come from a wood ash solution.

Shino Rock Cup

Two porcelain hand thrown bowls dialogue. Hand scribed glazed lines define shape, rhythm and story.

Scribed Storied Bowls

A photo of three vases, with the third vase on the right side laying down at an angle to show the glaze inside. Each vase is an earthy shade of red with highlights and shadows from the kiln. The rim of each vase has a golden-yellow colored glaze with some drips coming partially down vase.

Three Vases

A shiny, smooth, palm sized celadon blue-green ceramic clam object, with a spot of black carbon captured in its glaze, rests upon a small draped mound of seaweed knitted using narrow black linen paper yarn, all poised upon an inverted wood bento box.

Hamaguri

A diorama painting/sculpture of dark ceramic islands rising from the ocean with partial atoll of nature findings amidst turquoise water, looming in the corner is a pile of floating plastic.

Contextual Glimpse

Continuous Maze Pattern: This object is a slipcast ceramic egg with a wax-resist design written in beeswax using a traditional Kistka tool for making Pysanky eggs. The patterns employed are maze, labyrinth and weaving designs meant to be contemplated as visual metaphors for the complexity we see before us now and finding a path to the other side.

Maze Pysanky Egg

A clay giraffe mask with brown glaze and bronze dry brush.

Spirit Mask Number One (Giraffe)

A sgraffito style white clay bow with a black inner surface. Vertical dragonflies adorn the outside of the bowl with colorful wings in blue and green and purple and red.

Dragonfly Bowl

A sculpture of a turkey dinner on a 1.25 inch ceramic plate. The turkey slices, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, stuffing, and green beans are sculpted with a combination of polymer clay, liquid clay, and resin. Additional shading was added with soft pastels and watered down acrylics. 

Gluttony

A saturated red balaclava mask sits on a blank white backdrop. The mask is stretched giving the form a large open mouth and eyes.  

Red 2

A dimensional Ceramic flower inspired by ocean plants with individually handcut petals arranged to create movement within the piece.

Tenuous Hold, 2017

Peter Nord