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Ceramic Sculptor Susan Margin hails originally from New York, where she was the Owner/Director of Crimson Airedale Gallery in Cold Spring Harbor. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from New York University and did additional academic work with Boston University in Massachusetts and the Art Student’s League in New York City. Describing her sculpture and technique, Margin states that the work is comprised of “tiny woven coils [that] surround a smooth interior creating a calligriphic, linear energy. Rubbed into the fired sculpture are various inks, dyes, and metallic patinas.” Her exquisite hand-woven clay baskets defy convention; a combination of trompe l’oeil and true basket weaving technique, her baskets invite the viewer to touch and to acknowledge that seeing is not always believing.
Artist Statement
I refer to “sacred spaces”, whether intimate or grand in scale, as places and objects that contain, sustain and shelter life. These places and objects inspire my vessel forms and themes relating to vulnerability and transformation.
Woven clay coils provide the structure for my sculpture and are metaphoric expressions for the fragile, tenuous, web-like connection between all living things and our eco-system.
The impact of time, natural forces and gravity pull matter back to earth softening and reinventing the original shape. My sculpture captures this metamorphosis during a moment between creation and collapse.
Various inks and dyes are applied after the final firing. Dominated by earth tones-orange, reds, browns, blacks and dusty blues, the vessels are often punctuated by the glow of metallic patinas. Several coats of wax are applied to protect and create a subtle sheen.
The warp and weft of woven coils creates a lively calligraphic tapestry of lines, which contrast the smooth and quiet interiors. These contradictory surfaces and the use of trompe l’oeil create a visual seduction. Is it fiber, leather, metal, soft or hard? Is it woven or impressed? Is the interior a different material? Prompted to reach out and touch the vessel, the voyeur becomes an engaged participant completing the creative experience.
Susan Margin
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