Judith Motzkin

From a series of open oval bowls, this piece finds its footing on a rippled textured slab, smoked to evoke sand. Fired in Wellfleet, the oyster connection is natural. The saggar fired surface is reminiscent of nacre's mother of pearl luster. The "pearl" is a thrown closed form with pieces inside that produce sound when handled.

I tumble shards of broken pieces in sand and water to echo the erosive processes of ocean waves and river currents. I found myself impulsively sorting these pieces for storage in the studio, until the sorting became the work. The boxes and images, referencing a scientific methods of categorizing, became the perfect vehicle for my own quasi logic.