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35-word Statements from COC26: Clay Speaks of Home - Part One

19 Mar 2026 9:17 AM | Cirrelda Snider-Bryan (Administrator)

C L A Y   S P E A K S   O F   H O M E

COC 26 Artist 35-word Statements

... to go with online gallery viewing, and reading the 2 reviews here on Slip Trail.

  • 1.    Melissa Alexander, Albuquerque. La vida en un tronco. 16x8x4

  • This piece is my love of nature reflected in my hand building of ceramic creations.

  • 2.    Leonard Baca, Albuquerque. Mountains Shout for Joy. 10x8x8

  • Being a ceramic artist is part of life, raising you to a higher plain. It Opens your heart to what is all around you. You see the needs of others and the Joy; it brings you to help them.

  • 3.    Luisa Baldinger, Santa Fe. Bowl. 5x14x13

  • A maker of containers all of my life in clay, I am intrigued by the vessel as a metaphor for peace, plenty, a sense of well-being, but also emptiness, hollowness and expectation.

  • 4.    Luisa Baldinger, Santa Fe. Jar. 13.5x9x8

  • A maker of containers all of my life in clay, I am intrigued by the vessel as a metaphor for peace, plenty, a sense of well-being, but also emptiness, hollowness and expectation.

  • 5.    Kathy Bartlett, Santa Fe. Untitled 1. .5x6x6 
  • 6.    Kathy Bartlett, Santa Fe. Untitled 2. 5.5x6x6 
  • 7.    Dorothy Bassett, Austin, TX. Fiesta Blooms. 8x5x5 

  • The vibrant colors on this porcelain vase remind me of the warm breezes and sunlit gardens of summer in central Texas where i have spent most of my adult life.

  • 8.    Jorge Luis Bernal, Santa Fe. Los Apostoles. 17x17x1.5 

  • Clay offers me 3-D opportunities to express through texture and color many special stories.

  • 9.    Jorge Luis Bernal, Santa Fe. Claret Cup Cactus – Trio. 12x13x11 

  • Clay offers me 3-D opportunities to express through texture and color many special stories.

  • 10.  Steve Blakely, Rio Rancho. Tempest. 7.75x6

  • My work is influenced by the late 1800’s “Arts & Crafts Movement” sometimes called “Craftsman” or “Mission”. Potters from that era that inspired me are Adelaide Alsop Robineau, George Ohr, Artus Van Briggle and others.

  • 11.  Steve Blakely, Rio Rancho. Chalcolithic Echo. 9x4.75 

  • My work is influenced by the late 1800’s “Arts & Crafts Movement” sometimes called “Craftsman” or “Mission”. Potters from that era that inspired me are Adelaide Alsop Robineau, George Ohr, Artus Van Briggle and others.

  • 12.  Karin Bloom, Albuquerque. US Democracy 2025. 13.25x6.5x8.5 

  • US Democracy 2025 

    The United States of America. 

    Home. 

    A Place I Thought I Knew. 

    Is Unrecognizable.

    Twisted. Declining. Unjust. 

    And 

    Falling Like Waves of Grief

  • 13.  JB Bryan, Albuquerque. birds amongst themselves. 14x14x1 

  • I work primarily with wild clay. This piece is clay dug near Placitas. White slip from Galisteo dam.  

  • 14.  Amy Burnham, Cotopaxi, CO. Gaia Calls the Universe for Support. 14x9x9 

  • Gaia calls the universe for support, Amy Burnham's entry in NMPCA's exhibit, Clay Speaks of Home is wheel thrown of ironstone clay, altered with additions of coils, leaves, flowers, mushrooms and stamps.

  • 15.  Sheena Cameron, Rinconada. Equine Doll House. 9x16x5 

  • I am best known for my ceramic and mixed media Messenger Horses. They open to reveal symbolic elements inside. They have miniature books with them to identify the gemstones and to set the theme for the piece.

  • 16.  Sheena Cameron, Rinconada. Home of Celtic Fairies. 8X11X6 

  • I make sculpture in clay and clay with mixed media.

  • 17.  Barbara Campbell, El Rito. Egypt Story. 18x12x5

  • I spent my life as a professional potter and my retirement doing fun sculptural work and teaching various types of clay artistry.                        

  • 18.  Christiane Couvert, Placitas. Echoes in Blue and Ochre. 13x5.5

  • Ceramic Artist from Belgium specializing in functional and artistically hand thrown ceramics, Combining the delicately formed clay with found and naturally weathered or hand carved wood, creating unique pieces. BelgianCeramics.com

  • 19.  Kathryne Cyman, Albuquerque. Life Force. 2x2x2   x3 

  • I sense a life force that exists in all things that perhaps, is home. This is especially when I'm at the potter's wheel and when I first hold the works from the kiln. I feel this even continues on and resides in the vessel.

  • 20.  Monica Devine, Abiquiu/Eagle River, AK. Body as Border. 17x8x6 

  • I work in figurative ceramics and mixed media incorporating women/animals/natural world. @monicadevine.art; monicadevine.com and animals

  • 21.  Jaymes Dudding, Rio Rancho. Heading Home. 9x9x9 

  • I am a clay artist living in Rio Rancho NM.  My work always begins as a thrown form on the potter’s wheel.  Then I push, paddle and stretch the clay to render the form.

  • 22.  Jennifer Dunn, Santa Fe. Bogue Sound Oyster. 4.5x18x12.5 

  • Growing up on an island, I foraged oysters from my backyard. Here in my desert home, I see the ocean reflected within its sandy arroyos, golden dune grasses, seaweed-like cactus, and watery monsoon waves.

  • 23.  Adam Emery, Santa Fe. Bem. 13x12x6

  • Bem is a monster I designed.

  • 24.  Michele English, Santa Fe. Pig inn a Poke, or Up the Creek Without a Paddle 4.5x13.5x7 

  • I began drawing, moved to print making and paper arts.  Since moving to Santa Fe, I found my newest love. Clay allows me to utilize skills I learned over my lifetime.

  • 25.  Jasper Eyrich-Bingham, Silver City/Asheville. Restless Headspace. footprint 12” square

  • “Restless Headspace” reflects a location many of us retreat to feel at home, the mind. This “home” is not always welcoming, comforting, or safe but it is a place where many live.

  • 26.  Hebé Garcia, Abiquiu. Sisters of the Earth. 22.75x13.5x6 

  • Three women stride together in New Mexico’s earth tones—ochre, terracotta, sage—their forms echoing ancient clay vessels. They embody spirits of earth and hearth, carrying ancestral wisdom and community bonds forward through timeless movement.

  • 27.  Aurelia Gomez, Santa Fe. New Mexico Home: Homage to the Calf Canyon, Hermit’s Peak Fire. 7x5x4.5 

  • Created during the Calf Canyon, Hermit's Peak forest fire. It was a really strange feeling to make house forms from clay and put the heated forms into combustible materials while the fire was raging nearby.

  • 28.  Gail Goodwin, Taos. Pools of Exploration. 7x9.5x9.5 

  • I have been working in the Raku tradition for about 15 years. The experience and finished work always seem to amaze and delight me.

  • 29.  Sue Halpern, Santa Fe. Chemical Explosion. 5.5x5x5 + 2.5x2.5 + 2.5x2.5 

  • I am a hand builder exploring alternative methods of finishing my pieces. This is a slab saggar piece.

  • 30.  Doug Hein, Albuquerque. Arden. 7.5x6x3.5

  • Doug is a ceramicist and visual artist focused on abstraction, color and refined forms. 'Arden' is a vessel about his concept of home before he moved to New Mexico, after decades in the Northeast, a green landscape oriented towards Europe and the ancient forests of England. You can see more of his work at blackriverclay.com and @blackriverclay on Instagram.

  • 31.  Cheryl Hoagland, Santa Fe. Sheltered Home. 9x12x12 
  • 32.  Madeline Hwang, Albuquerque. To Be Stone I.  3.5x1.3x3.5 

  • These two functional vessels explore the delicate and temporary nature of flowers and the durability and grace reflected in porcelain, inviting mindfulness in daily rituals through consideration of humanity’s connection to nature.

  • 33.  Madeline Hwang, Albuquerque. To Be Stone II.  4.1x1.4x4.3 

  • These two functional vessels explore the delicate and temporary nature of flowers and the durability and grace reflected in porcelain, inviting mindfulness in daily rituals through consideration of humanity’s connection to nature.

  • 34.  Lindsay Iliff, Santa Fe. Dire Beauty. 16x8x7

  • I use coil and slab building methods to grow my ironstone pieces. I work from a body-centered space, calling in our collective memory and our essential kinship with living forms; to honor that integral relationship.

  • 35.  Lindsay Iliff, Santa Fe. Birch Vessel. 14x5x4.5

  • I use coil and slab building methods to grow my ironstone pieces. I work from a body-centered space, calling in our collective memory and our essential kinship with living forms; to honor that integral relationship.

  • 36.  Lin Johnson, Albuquerque. Teapot. 5.75x7x5.25

  • The teapot is a quintessential form and speaks of home in so many ways. Because of its many parts, it’s a challenging form to make.  I love teapots. I don’t think I’ll ever stop making them.

  • 37.  Lin Johnson, Albuquerque. Sad….oh my country. 14x6x4 

  • I made this piece in response to our current political and cultural climate. My work can be seen at Mariposa Gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

  • 38.  Elaine Kidd, Santa Fe. Incense Burner. 19x9.5x9.5 

  • Crafted from micaceous clay, my incense burner is inspired by adobe homes. The house is adorned with organic shaped windows and decorated with pattern and shells echoing the universal creative spirit expressed in our homes.

  • 39. Timothy Knight, Placitas. SlabCube 9x9x6 

  • Although I enjoy working on the wheel, the slower process of building with slabs allows me to take a step back and focus on one piece at a time.

  • 40.  Timothy Knight, Placitas. Basket. 9x5x6

  • Altered thrown form with texture.


    See Part Two (pieces 41-80) here. 

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