PLAYGROUND ; FOR RODENTS ONLY

Stoneware clay, mason stain, acrylic, nail polish, hand-built

13” x 11” x 4.5”

“Jungle gym; a leg and three toes,

mouse trap; claire’s house,

ladders, dice, and puddles, broken cookie jars.”

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CRAB-WALK ; SPIDER-PARTY

Stoneware clay, epoxy, underglaze,

mason stain

13” x 13” x 8.5”

“Spiders don’t have six legs,

crabs in picnic baskets, leftovers, reuse,

dreamscapes, shards, space.”

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DENT

16” x 10.5” x 25”

Stoneware clay, underglaze, mason stain

“Foliage, fiber, adornment, a gaudy exterior,

A bright facade, a meandering forest road,

Dent is for the deer that got close; Dent is for the dish-pit”

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THE MONTH OF APRIL

Stoneware clay

13” x 13” x 27”

“In reference to, farewells,

drinking la croix on the toilet, in private,

puffy eyes, inevitable goodbyes,

you know who you are.”

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NAIL BED

Stoneware clay, nail polish

6.5” x 2.5” x 5”

“Nail bed, science fair, smarter than me

peeled potatoes, tupperware,

potatoes smarter than me,

jerk stole my first place ribbon,

brother my hero, polished fumes, the most successful.”

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FREE

Stoneware clay, nail polish, underglaze

6.5” x 6” x 5.5”

“Awakened and didn’t plan it,

clobbered and didn’t acknowledge it,

relief in a box of no relief.”

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NEW SHOES

Stoneware clay, underglaze

16” x 16” x 26”

“Break, a rare feeling, good at something,

boxed and gridded, squall,

gotta pee, green run,

legs straight on icy stairs,

flakes, what school do you go to?”

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SCRAMBLED EGG

Earthenware clay, underglaze, glaze

12” x 12” x 16”

“I’m telling you this, a first time,

do you hate it or love it, garlic, pistachios, goo,

something sour or something sweet.”

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CONFETTI FINGERS

Stoneware clay, underglaze, glaze

11” x 8” x 14”

“Tilt again, how is it going to stand,

hollow or not, stick some shards in it.”

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BANANA PHONE

Stoneware clay, underglaze, glaze

9.5” x 2” x 6”

“Wow! it worked!”

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