Stardust

Stardust

26” diameter x 32” high

Hand crafted bisque fired porcelain Pretty Things, acrylic paint, fiber optic lighting, Cotton upholstered wood and steel canopy, steel rigging.

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Artists Statement

David Bowie’s death hit me hard.  For weeks I felt lost, disconnected, alone.  He was my soul-mate, my friend, the only one who really understood the me deep inside of me.  For a long time after he passed the world held no beauty.  

Later, while experimenting with porcelain for the first time, a simple shape evolved which I was compelled to repeat.  Hundreds of these shapes later, I found myself quite obsessed.  Over and over.  Day after day I kept creating the same simple shape.  It was like I just needed to create some simple beauty in the world. One day while listening to David Bowie’s music I knew what the shape meant.  By using this simple, beautiful shape to create an homage to David Bowie, I could feel connected to his spirit and once complete, the sculpture would be symbolic of my accepting beauty into my life again.

I decided to create one large Pretty Thing out of hundreds of Pretty Things.  They would be coloured in such a way as to evoke a spirit rising.  They would incorporate star-like pinpoints of light. 

"There’s a starman waiting in the sky

He’s told us not to blow it

Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile

He told me:  

Let the children lose it

Let the children use it

Let all the children boogie”