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I've worked in many mediums throughout my life:
painting, ceramics, stained glass, hot glass, & commercial
illustration. Being with clay again feels like coming home, as
it was my haven in high school and beginning college. After exploring
different directions, I am finally able to combine all of my interests.
Firing in a mid range gives me a huge color palette. As a sculptor,
I now understand why my paint was always so thick: I enjoy the
third dimension. The occasional inclusion of glass satisfies a
lifelong fascination, providing firing surprises and additional
texture.
My subject matter has been consistent throughout:
figures both imaginary and representational - and animals
in safe places. I work in varying degrees of abstraction, as I
am always intrigued by the idea of giving a sense of life to the
things that are inanimate.
Tom Collins of the Albuquerque Journal describes
her animal miniatures and wall-hung pieces as "fast, loose
and amazingly affecting evocations....The visible pressure of
each finger stroke somehow has molded (Josephs) visage and
more importantly, his personality."
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