13"x9"x4" vase: $225, 7"x8"x2" vase: $125, 6"x5"x2.5" vase: $75 ($425 for series)

While visiting the Botanical Gardens of Oaxaca, I was struck by the silhouettes of the plantings against the bright Mexican sky. These ceramic forms attempts to capture the close-up “snapshots” of the oversize Jurassic-like plants, the window panels framing the foliage represent the museum specimen aspect of the garden’s display, and the vase form is reminiscent of the traditional walled garden setting within the former monastery. The grey, blue, green glazes attempt to capture the pale, dusty, leathery surface of the desert flora.

Cone 6 white stoneware clay, underglaze silkscreen image transfer, oxidation-fired glaze