Rebecca Roberts
Rebecca Roberts has been
working with clay full time for over 35 years and currently runs a one
person full time clay studio working exclusively with handbuilt ceramic
peices, most fired to cone 10 in oxidation kilns. While she still
produces bowls and other functional work, for the past several years her
focus has shifted from functional to sculptural pieces.
Artist's
Statement
Every day I am amazed to find that
after over thirty years, clay continues to challenge me and teach me about
itself, but more importantly about myself. My love of the handbuilding
process continues to thrive. I make functional tableware and pieces
that are more sculptural. The dance back and forth between the two
types of work keeps my interest in both alive. Nature and my life’s
process are sources of ideas and inspiration.
"Tangible"
and "Serindipity"
~10" Diameter Handbuilt
Double Wall Construction
I will always love
“the bowl” and my recent dialog with clay has led me to focus on it again,
not as a strictly functional object, but as the concept of universal container
and symbol of nurture. It’s the process more than the resulting object
that I love best. Marks of this process are always evident in my
pieces so that in a way each piece tells the story of its creation.
"Feather Kimono"
15"
