- 41. Alex Kurtz, El Prado. Celestial Home. 13x13x4
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I am a ceramic artist whose process is informed by my time spent outdoors observing wild things in their environments. I am interested in exploring the concept of home at its' intersection with the human and animal worlds.
- 42. Morgen and Mike Loven, Albuquerque. Bosque Night. 10x7x7
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Mimolo is husband and wife team Mike and Morgan Loven. Mike formed this piece out of warm speckle buff clay to reflect the desert landscape. Morgan decorated it with a sleeping porcupine in a cottonwood tree.
- 43. Jennifer A. Lowell, Lakewood, CO. Climbing to Soar. 6.5x12.4
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I am so grateful to explore this journey with clay! Common images in my work are natural beings in the sky and on the ground. I love dinosaurs too, especially pterodactyls imagining our planet with them here!
- 44. Janeen Maas, Santa Fe. Home is a Bowl. 9.5x13x13
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My recent inspiration for sculpture work is the invertebrate world as it is colorful, rich in texture and shape and inspires adaptability in all of us.
- 45. Susan Mach, Arenas Valley. Triplex. 7x5x5
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My work, Triplex, shows three "homes" not far from my Silver City, NM home. There is spirit evident in each through resilience, creativity and connection to nature. (Images on piece from: Gila Cliff Dwellings, Fort Bayard, Mimbres Valley.)
- 46. Diane MacInnes, Santa Fe. El Camino Interior 1. 17x13x3.5
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Diane’s work is a joyful, challenging exploration of materials and techniques to accentuate texture, create intriguing color variation and utilize the particular qualities of different clay bodies. Please view more of her work at: www.dianemacinnes.com
- 47. Ellen Mancini, Santa Fe. Nesting. 11x6x6
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My hand built ceramic sculpture is inspired by nature and spirit. I create pieces to serve as guardians yet exhibit a bit of whimsey.
- 48. Patty Martin, Santa Fe. Desert Home. 28x17x11
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Having grown up in Arizona, my heart sings when I spot the first Saguaro as I head south and west. Home for a Saguaro is the Sonoran Desert, a relatively small part of Arizona and Mexico. While they are given refuge in this area, they also provide refuge from predators for the Arizona state bird, the Cactus Wren.
- 49. Harmony Martinez, Albuquerque. Fisheye. 2.25x6.5x1.5
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Fisheye is based on the eye of a great blue heron, with underglaze feathers. The highlight of the eye is a fishbone, showing despair in the inky pupil of this majestic bird.
- 50. Cate McClain, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Embers Beneath the Surface. 6x7x11
- 51. Lisa McEneaney, Santa Fe. Emperor Penguin Jar. 9x4
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With climate change, the ice pack of Antarctica is melting and forcing Emperor Penguins to travel much farther to their feeding grounds. They are losing their home and many are no longer breeding.
- 52. Nicole Merkens, Santa Fe. Where Am I Going, Where Have I Been? Home is Where the Heart is. 29 x11x6.5
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Home is a reliquary you carry: memories, losses, many selves. Moving teaches you to shapeshift, to question roots and belonging, to wake remembering where you are, reaching for purpose, place, and the gravity of home.
- 53. Karina Naumer, Glorieta. Salt Fired Vessel. 7x5.2.5x5.25
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Home is the essence of our internal, creative lives, the physical spaces where we abide, as well as, our astounding, natural world. This vessel shows a calm earth looking up to a snowy, winter sky.
- 54. Judy Nelson-Moore, Santa Fe. Holding Place. 10x16x5.5
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I am a sculptor working in Santa Fe with saggar-fired paperclay. Shaped by fire, chance, and time, this work explores home as refuge, endurance, and the quiet strength of forms that turn inward and remain protective.
- 55. Judy Nelson-Moore, Santa Fe. The Long Road Home. 10x18x7
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Working in Santa Fe with paper clay and saggar firing, here I shape layered forms suggesting struggle and shelter during travel. Rough outer surfaces protect a softer interior, expressing resilience, memory, and the pull of home toward belonging.
- 56. Richard Orlando, Albuquerque. Porcelain Coffee Bean Jar. 9x5.5x5.5
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I have studied the making of porcelain vessels using the Arita Method under the instruction of Prof. Kathryne Cyman.
- 57. Charlotte Ownby, Albuquerque. Footprints in the Snow. 14x7x1.5
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This decorative piece employs one of my preferred geometric forms to abstractly depict a childhood memory of playing in the snow. I integrated the carving and colors into clay through handbuilding, specialized tools and glazes.
- 58. Charlotte Ownby, Albuquerque. Colors of My Dad’s Dream Car. 13.5X1.5X7
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I am a scientist turned potter. I enjoy experimenting with different textures, carving and firing methods. This piece reminds me of my Dad and fits the theme of "Clay Speaks of Home" better than anything I have made.
- 59. Andrea Pichaida, Santa Fe. Can I Give You a Squeeze. 12X12X12.5
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With my sculptural vessels I always aim to convey a feeling of warmth and good feeling. Having moved many times, what I can take with me are my core feelings. This I call home.
- 60. Stacie Pope Hein, Albuquerque. Jestersaurus. 6x4x6
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My pieces are called Bony Claytures clay pieces are made to fir the bone, decorated using oxides and pit- fired in a wood stove using wood and cow dung. Copper pieces are handmade and the bones are found objects.
- 61. Stacie Pope Hein, Albuquerque. Spiked Turtledon. 6x10x3
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My sculptures are called Bony Claytures. Each one is unique. Clay pieces are pit-fired in a wood stove using wood and cow dung. The pieces are decorated with oxides. The copper pieces are handmade to fit the piece. The bones are found objects.
- 62. Lois Olcott Price, Santa Fe. Haven. 18x19x12
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New Mexico’s landscape, wildlife, and clay traditions are an ongoing inspiration. Using micaceous clay, Haven speaks to the precarious survival of our endangered wildlife and habitat.
- 63. Lois Olcott Price, Santa Fe. Scent of Decay. 14x 8.5x6
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I hand build and sculpt to tell a story or make a point; inspired by NM landscape and the human form.
- 64. Judith Richey, Sandia Park. Rooster Plate. 8” round
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In Kathy Cyman’s class in The Arita Method of Porcelain, I was fortunate to meet Sensei Manji Inouye, National Living Treasure in Porcelain from Arita Japan. Using the Arita method, I created this plate to celebrate my experience.
- 65. Jenna Ritter, Santa Fe. sanctum. 8x7x6
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It begins on bended knee. Then, the rhythm of my working: gather, wash, coil, pinch, polish, fire. Shaping the earth with my hands and heart I am both holding and being held — I am Home.
- 66. Jenna Ritter, Santa Fe. Rock Steady. 5x6x3
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It begins on bended knee. Then, the rhythm of my working: gather, wash, coil, pinch, polish, fire. Shaping the earth with my hands and heart I am both holding and being held — I am Home.
- 67. Jim Romberg, Santa Fe. Bateau. 14x13x7
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Raku fired shaped wheel form.
- 68. Greta Ruiz, Santa Fe. Terra Star. 2.5x9x9
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I am in awe of both the juicy flower and the weathered seed pod. I bring intact female imagery from nature into our lives. My pieces reveal themselves over time and evolve along with the observers’ creative life.
- 69. Joey Serim, Santa Fe. Cocoon. 10x9x9
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I often create a cocoon for myself, filled with fun, randomness, bright moments. Sometimes I need the soothing darkness.
- 70. Mary Simmons, Albuquerque. Shadowlands. 10x10x3
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My formal education is in Geology, whose forms, fossils, bones, and patterns inform my highly-textured Clayworks. Low-fire clays, and the very colorful glazes that are possible add beauty and dimension.
- 71. Claude W. Smith III, Silver City. Winter’s First Thaw. 4.25 x 4.25 x 4.25
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As a retired clay professor, I continue to explore and experiment with the saggar firing process to evoke visions of an ethereal landscape.
- 72. Debi Smith, Santa Fe. Birth from the Sipapu. 9x12x9
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Clay creator, sculptor native to New Mexico. I am drawn to treatments that use natural and raw processes such as Saggar and Raku. I am inspired by the multi-cultural aspects and land of New Mexico. Primarily a sculptor, I love telling narratives of my experiences and connections to earth and life itself.
- 73. Cirrelda Snider-Bryan, Albuquerque. Song: ABQ Main Canal. 16x20
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Sky bright autumn day / high leaves mark my way / I walk on the road / prayer ode from my home / steps rhyme with this song / think time and right now
- 74. Cirrelda Snider-Bryan, Albuquerque. Clouds, Rain, Path Around the House. 12x20
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This piece shows symbols on our Hopi wedding rings: clouds, rain, path of life, the combination shows harmony to the Hopi. Created before Daughter was born, it lasts as homage to the place where we live.
- 75. Darla Graff Thompson, Los Alamos. incompatibility. 10x6x6
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Glaze-fired twice, first with colors, then with black. “Incompatibility” is thought-provoking in the context of “Clay Speaks of Home,” since where one’s soul is born and raised is entirely luck of the draw.
- 76. Sheryl Zacharia, Santa Fe. Blushing Dawn. 18x17.5x5 Sheryl Zacharia is primarily a self-taught artist. Her pieces have been published in magazines and books, and are in various Museum and private collections. She moved to Santa Fe 11years ago from NYC.
