Snake Vase
Karin Rutkin
Red stoneware, underglaze, glaze
Art Dimensions: 6.5" x 4" x 8"
Exhibition - Iowa Clay Conference | River 2 River
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Artist Statement
The handmade object is a reminder of what really matters in a world so full of speed, optimization, stress, technology and profit at any cost. We infuse our humanity into the objects we make, own and use. Through them we can find connection. There exists a subtle transference and relationship between maker and user, of ideas, of shared experience, of observation. The objects we pass between hands have the ability to communicate subconscious thought and feeling, reminding us that we are all human, all of this earth, imperfect but alive.
Artist Biography
Karin Rutkin is a visual artist who works in ceramics, illustration and painting. She graduated with a BFA in ceramics from SUNY New Paltz in 2009. She has lived and worked in New York, Asheville NC, and Iowa City, IA. She is inspired by her extensive travels, nature, architecture, science and the metaphysical.
