Monsters at Play

10.25 x 9 x 6

stoneware paperclay, glazes, underglazes

2022

private collection

MONSTER AT PLAY

As I go through my day I overhear the news. Top of the hour headlines, an occasional news broadcast.

How much of the news do I actually absorb?

Sometimes I don’t realize it until a piece is completed and I sit back and really look at it. Why are the paper dolls important? Why did I add them?

Why paper dolls?

It suddenly occurs to me: People are making big decisions that affect women’s lives. Decisions that will control destinies, change the course of a life.

Treating these woman as playthings. Cookie cutter decisions. Pulling strings and playing with real lives.

This piece was created in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe V. Wade

June 24, 2022