This time, I ended up sending out a preview email/post a week in advanced, leaving the Secret Shop open during that length of time, which will be the new routine moving forward. 🙂

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Spirit Sketch 01 - part of the Rakugaki 8 exhibition at Giant Robot Gallery

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Dancing Tiger Totem - part of the Odd Folk & Fables exhibition at Giant Robot Store

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My latest piece for Giant Robot Store Gallery's SMALL WORLD!
Given the theme, I immediately thought of the Island Fox that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands here in California and thought one would be perfect for this show.

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Star Crossed Lovers Totem - my piece for Poetic Tiger Gallery's Stardust Hymns exhibition is now available!

Stardust Hymns is themed around the Cosmos and outer space. It felt like such a synchronicity for me to receive this invite because I had been really diving into star stuff over this past winter season.
I wanted to make a piece inspired by the Chinese folktale: The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
The original folktale is about star crossed lovers that were forbidden from being together. And so by using two different clay types, you can see that I intentionally depicted an interracial couple because not so long ago, in the United States, interracial couples—and marriage—was forbidden and against the law. So as a child of an interracial couple this piece is extra special to me.

The couple in the folktale represent the stars Altair and Vega. And if you look closely at the couple, you can see that I've depicted the "Summer Triangle" that is formed by Altair, Vega, and a star named Deneb onto the front of their bodies.

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The Kaabo Clay Collective Annual Award Sale is this Sunday!

This event is a commemoration of George Floyd and the events following his death, which led to the formation of Kaabo Clay Collective. 100% of proceeds from this sale fund the Award for Black Ceramicists!

Their Annual Award for Black Ceramicists has paid out over $20,000 to their constituents since 2021 to fund projects, activities and aid that directly benefits our community.

If you're a Black Ceramicist, membership is open to anyone identifying as a Black ceramicist regardless of skill level or educational background!

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This is the Sankofa Totem I’ve donated to the sale this year—

Sankofa serves as a guiding totem to look and learn from the past for navigating the present moment, and to also help create a better future.

I look to the past and see how my enslaved ancestors found ways to create and find love, hope, joy, and freedom out of their horrible circumstances they were forced in to against their will and divine sovereignty.

I look back and see our collective human history so as to not take my present life for granted.

I look back on everything that has ever happened since space, time, and the universe itself began their first breath of life, and it inspires me to create a better future for those that will come after me.

Pieces go live at 12pm ET/ 9am PT!

I had such a wonderful time chatting with GOLIKEHELLMACHINE about my love for ceramics and the intrinsic nature of being an artist, making art, and creativity!

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