Ceramics -- Enigmatic Landscape

This wall relief sculpture is titled "Landscape".  It is an enigmatic environmental statement.  It was formed with layers of reclaimed clay that were smeared and shaped by hand.  White and black slip were painted onto the surface in the shape of the Chinese character for "mountain".  After becoming leather hard, a bamboo tool was used to cut away and incise designs into the clay surface, exposing the layers below.  A simple ash glaze was painted over the entire surface and then glaze combinations were poured into the design cutouts to highlight the damage that can be caused by open-pit mining.  The entire relief is 12 inches high and 13 inches wide.