The Ground Upon Which We Stand: Karina Mago-Aterrizando II

20" x 16" x 12"

woodfired stoneware

Inspired by the scaffolding of partly constructed buildings and the way that light flickers through fences, the work is deals with themes of beauty found in decay and regrowth. I think about cities collapsing, pilling, and rising anew. I think about female bodies, others' and mine, undergoing the same shifts and continuing to prevail through insurmountable odds. The form that arises, tender and sharp, then becomes a vessel for light to gently fill the nooks within.