Zachary Wollert
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Vases

"Patient Breath" -- 
These vases are a marriage of clay and wood through time and patience.  "Patient Breath" is an expression of the process and creation of this wood-fired work, roughly taking three-months.  During that time I practiced a meditation technique of focusing thoughts on the breath.  The parallels of centering the clay and oneself go hand in hand, and the breath centers both.  "As I breathe in, I center myself.  As I breathe out, I center the clay," this is the mantra that allowed me to be patient and mindful to create this work.  Bearing in mind my first ideal, to craft ceramics strong, I focused on preparing these pots as best as I could for the fire.  I was attentive to the form, especially the verticality and width, creating a large clay surface to lend itself as a canvas for the flow of fire and ash that would drape the pots.
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