Flow

 Finished 07/11 (I think?) for Mania and JP.

30in X 21in

30in X 21in

Mock-up of hang

75 platters

Used a total of 680lbs of clay. This is about 200.

A New Constellation

Marge Piercy

We go intertwined, him and you

and me, her and him, you and her,

each the center of our own circle

of attraction and compulsion and gravity.

What a constellation we make : I call it

the Matrix. I call it the dancing

family. I call it wheels inside wheels.

Ezekiel did not know he was seeing

the pattern for enduring relationship

in the late twentieth century.

All the rings shine gold as wedding bands

but they are the hoops magicians use

that seem solid and unbroken, yet can slip

into chains of other rings and out.

They are strong enough to hang houses on,

strong enough to serve as cranes, yet

they are open. We fall through each other,

we catch each other, we cling, we flip on.

No one is at the center, but each

is her own center, no one controls 

the jangling swing and bounce and merry-

go-round lurching intertangle of this mobile.

We pass through each other trembling

and we pass through each other shrieking

and we pass through each other shimmering.

The circle is neither unbroken

nor broken but living, a molecule attracting

atoms that wants to be a protein,

complex, mortal, able to sustain life,

able to reproduce itself inexactly,

learn and grow.

These platters will be used to serve up the food of Stephen Beaumier family style. The location is every changing as he and Katy Oursler host dinners in a variety of outdoor venues, stressing the importance of farm fresh meals that connect you to the land.

To get a sense of what they do, check out a similar company Outstanding in the Field.

And I did it all without one drop of coffee!!