ARIANA HEINZMAN CERAMICS
ARIANA HEINZMAN [2013, Ceramics]
Based in Vashon, WA
Ariana Heinzman’s work is an embodiment of the inseparable relationship of earth, body, and plant. This relationship is not put into words or grasped too tightly. The process for making uses simple techniques (coil-building, glazing by hand with brushes) so that the hand comes through the work, often resulting in the feeling of being naked when a piece is built. The latter part of the process has to do with distracting and covering the forms. The form is covered in patterns of leaves to hide maker’s marks and to distract from wonkiness. There is no interest in perfection, rather an interest in what comes through in the urgency of making and what is trimmed and covered up.
