Shelf-life of ideas
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Shelf-life of ideas

I feel insignificant and yet, driven. I think of the time when someone might ask me you how long it takes me to build, and I get to say ‘many many winters.’

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The Gr8 migration
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The Gr8 migration

Cover image created via Dall E - Open Ai

A wise hammer never once said “grab me, hit me to that nail, everyday, and for max engagement at 6pm, when most people are walking by the barn,” because of course, hammering a nail is one such activity we must all bear witness to as a society.

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Getting here, going somewhere
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Getting here, going somewhere

It has taken me a long time to get here and looking from a distance, observing this work, greyish against the white wall, still wet but firm, I feel a rush of emotions..

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The evolution of dings
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The evolution of dings

There are times when I know how I reached a certain place in my artistic journey because it’s all very transparent, an exciting inspiration resulted in a very sure attempt. At other times, it’s not that clear and it takes me perhaps over a year to see a pattern emerge.

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Berlin Trials
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Berlin Trials

The past few months I decided to build my works in sets. This trained me to work with certain pre-decided characteristics which is a bit challenging to channel consistently in ceramic but, that was the whole point.

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Work from home
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Work from home

I will remember this time for many reasons; for its intensity, for hot tears soaking a N95 mask, for the compromises that come with care-giving, for a certain amount of acceptance and whole lot of giving up trying to fix things, and maybe lastly, for the little bit of work I created.

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Disclaimer
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Disclaimer

Words allow me to express where images fall short and while I am able to share photos and videos of my work-in-process there are thoughts in my head, incipient conceptions and technical occurrences that can not be taped.

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