Our Ceramic team collaborated with the artist to formulate and test four glazes using ash materials as well as red clay soil from the farm, firing 32 tablets - each a testing ground for experiments that could be carried forward into larger works. Following the experimentation, 14 pieces were selected as final works and included in the artist’s solo show, the landscape is not still, at Reynolds Gallery in New York City in early 2020.

The materials used in the works are connected to cyclical rituals associated with working with the land, including clearing gardens and fields between seasons. Working with iris ash, wood ash glaze, and Virginia clay soil, the works are meditations on these seasonal patterns and the transition from winter to spring.

See more of Raintree’s work on her website.