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Welcome to
Womansculpture,
a ceramic studio devoted to an
artistic vision of women and men in
an egalitarian world.
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- Current Projects
Palace of Winds
- Perusing a book of architecture from
India, I came across the beautiful Hawa Mahal, or Palace of Winds,
built in 1799 in Jaipur. The building is captivating and I
longed to visit it, yet it has a disturbing history. On the facade
are windows with lattice work that catch the wind to provide a
breeze inside the palace. However, the underlying reason for
the lattice was to enforce strict purdah, or face cover. The
women of the harem could watch the world outside their prison
without passersby seeing them.
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The front of this piece
shows the Palace of Winds, the reverse side finds a modern-day woman
standing on a train platform surrounded by her luggage. She
represents women who have been able to break free from horrific
practices like purdah.
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- Liver Cancer Self
Portrait with Life and Death in the Segan Semui-in Mudra
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- During the past months of
battling liver cancer, life and death have been my
companions embodied here by Mary and a skeleton who flank me
on each side. Each of these figures have a halo which
lifts them from prose to poetry and highlights the spiritual
dimensions of the mundane.
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- Use the gallery links to the left
to view past pieces.
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All work ©woman sculpture. All rights
reserved.
- For inquiries or pricing information, contact us at
womansculpture@mindspring.com
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