Enfolded

Description

This is a dramatic piece for a dramatic poem by Chris

This shrinking down

From adult to tiny child

As the tentacles of night

Enfold us

Is like a passage from this place

To another

It is the terror in need of a mother

It is the foxhole we share

With each other

The lettering was done and the moon was cut out while the clay was wet, then once fired, the glaze was added, including a lava glaze on the moon and on the top two-thirds of the artwork, a rich blue glaze peppered with soft blue-green crystals. The moon was glazed separately with a lava glaze to create the surface texture.

The artwork measures 29.5cm x 34.5cm and is 4cm deep.