Tom Hubbard

This work is from the Nicollet series produced during my McKnight Ceramic residency at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN and was my response to place. I was Inspired by a bridge over the Mississippi River, the island where I lived, and maps of the river drawn by the French explorer, Joseph Nicollet, for whom the island is named.

32 cast ceramic handguns with opposing points of view in the gun debate stamped into the barrel of each gun. Addressing issues of personal freedom, race, domestic violence and mental illness among others, Recoil asks the viewer to consider an alternative viewpoint and seeks to start a conversation about guns and gun violence.