Sacred Rotting is a series that explores unmarked graves of women and BIPOC everywhere that befell from violence. What to do with lives passed unrecognized? Without rituals and ceremonies marking significance of lives lost? My answer is finding sanctity in the process of deterioration back into earth, becoming part of the same land that alienated them. Locally sourced clay is mixed with chemicals released by human bodies rotting in the soil such as magnesium, calcium, nitrate, and sulfate. These chemicals are found in commercial fertilizer. These greenwares, unfired clay sculptures are designed to be placed back into nature. When exposed to elements such as rain and wind, will dissolve back into earth, benefitting surrounding flora and fauna.
Reanimation (close up)
Locally sourced clay mixed with magnesium, calcium, potassium, phosphorous, and nitrogen (chemical compounds released by human bodies decaying in soil) bird seeds and suet, 9 x 4 x 3 inches, 2024
Reanimation (close up)
Locally sourced clay mixed with magnesium, calcium, potassium, phosphorous, and nitrogen (chemical compounds released by human bodies decaying in soil) bird seeds and suet, 9 × 4 × 3 inches, 2024
What Came Before I
Unfired clay, 11 x 9 x 1 inches, 2024
What Came Before I (close up)
Unfired clay, 11 x 9 x 1 inches, 2024
What Came Before I (close up)
Unfired clay, 11 × 9 × 1 inches, 2024
What Came Before II
Unfired clay, 5 x 3 x 1 inches, 2024
What Came Before II
Unfired clay, 5 × 3 × 1 inches, 2024
What Came Before III
Unfired clay, 9 × 6 × 3 inches, 2024
What Came Before III
Unfired clay, 9 × 6 × 3 inches, 2024
What Came Before III
Unfired clay, 9 × 6 × 3 inches, 2024