Thesis
Ceramics - a Labor of Loss, Love, and Healing
Washington State University
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005182
Abstract
Drawing is a tool for exploring my imagination. I take those drawings and translate them into physical forms by sculpting with clay and various other materials. I explore my queerness through the forms and imagery I create by incorporating multi-media materials and surface treatments. My whimsical and humorous art employs themes of joy and pleasure as tools against the increasing erasure and violence that the queer community experiences daily. The labor of making connects my artwork to the environment and the queer community I belong to. These connections are imperative to my understanding as an individual and artist. Creating art that has the potential to break, fail, and self-destruct connects me to my body as a vessel. The scars and marks on my sculptures relate to my experiences in life. They express a story of pain, loss, and love, but also a journey of transcending catastrophe that is healing in its wisdom. My audience can see that roadmap in the way I have presented the work, allowing them to immerse themselves into the stories the work has to say. Visibility of queer art normalizes queer love while embracing and celebrating diversity.
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Details
- Title
- Ceramics - a Labor of Loss, Love, and Healing
- Creators
- Adam Stuart
- Contributors
- Io Palmer (Advisor)Squeak Meisel (Committee Member)Hallie Meredith (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Fine Arts, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 31
- Identifiers
- 99901019836401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis