For more than thirty years,
clay has been a way of life for me,
a devotion, a path for getting in touch
with what is most essential.
I take pleasure in experimenting with pinching,
coiling, slab building and throwing diverse
clay bodies, making use of various glazes and
different firing techniques to get unexpected shapes
and surfaces.
Walking and collecting all sorts of odds and ends
is one of my favorite pastimes.
I use these found objects for inspiration
sometimes putting them directly into my sculptures
;)
My work has grown and changed greatly
over the years.
My current sculptures reflect my ongoing fascination with
the mundane and the mystical,
incorporating ideas and techniques
developed in my previous work.The
sculptures that arise from these
investigations are metaphors for
myths and memories.
Beth Heit