In the fall of 1978 I built a large arched sculpture I called, convoluted arch. It was part of an investigation of the arch as a Jungian archetypal symbol.
I expanded that quest while attending a workshop at The Banff Centre in 1981, making a few small clay slab ‘environments’, peopled with small, pinched clay arches (pictured in the previous section).
Wishing to expand on that idea, I developed an exhibition of larger ‘environments’, tied together by two themes: ‘ancient’ architecture and rituals/ceremonies. Rather than glaze, I sprayed them with a salt solution, which turns a toasty orange in the firing.
Instead of making little clay arches to populate these ‘environments’, I used fence staples, which were fired in place.
The pieces were shown in March of 1982 at the Muttart Gallery, Calgary and in October 1982 at Bearclaw Gallery in Edmonton.
grandstand, front, 1982, stoneware slab construction, 40 cm long, soda spray, iron staples, ∆5.
alter, 1982, stoneware, 51 cm w, soda spray, iron staples.
alter, reverse, 1982, stoneware, 51 cm w, soda spray, iron staples.
theatre, 1982, stoneware, 37 cm wide, soda spray, iron staples, ∆5.
maze, 1982, stoneware, 50 cm wide, soda spray, iron staples.
maze, rear, 1982, stoneware, 50 cm wide, soda spray, iron staples.
court, 1982, stoneware 38 cm h, sprayed stain.
tomb, 1982, stoneware, 42 cm wide, sodium spray, iron staples.
tomb, rear, 1982, stoneware, 42 cm wide, sodium spray, iron staples.
compound, 1982, stoneware, 45 cm wide, soda spray, iron staples, ∆5.
ramp, 1982, stoneware, 40 cm h, sodium spray, iron staples. (❋)
ramp, left side, 1982, stoneware, 40 cm h, sodium spray, iron staples. (❋)
theatre, 1982, stoneware, 35 cm h, sodium spray, iron staples. (❋)
theatre, left, 1982, stoneware, 35 cm h, sodium spray, iron staples. (❋)
henge, 1982, stoneware, 51 cm L, soda spray, iron staples.
village, 1982, stoneware, 42 cm w, sodium spray, iron staples. (❋)
village, front left, 1982, stoneware, 42 cm w, sodium spray, iron staples. (❋)
village, rear, 1982, stoneware, 42 cm w, sodium spray, iron staples. (❋)
tower, 1982, stoneware, 61 cm high, soda spray, iron staples.
tower, right rear, 1982, stoneware, 61 cm high, soda spray, iron staples.
tower, elevate view, 1982, stoneware, 61 cm high, soda spray, iron staples.
habitat, 1982, stoneware, 52 cm h, sodium spray, iron staples.
habitat, left front, 1982, stoneware, 52 cm h, sodium spray, iron staples.
habitat, rear, 1982, stoneware, 52 cm h, sodium spray, iron staples.
small pyramid, side, 1982, stoneware 43 cm high.
small pyramid, front, 1982, stoneware 43 cm high.
large pyramid, front, 1982, stoneware 59 cm high.
large pyramid, side, 1982, stoneware, 59 cm high.
temple, front, 1982, stoneware, 70 cm high.
