Goddess of Perseverance: Durga is a warrior goddess from Hindu mythology who battles Mahishasura, a tyrannical demon. Before prevailing, people often forget that she battled a shapeshifting demon who underestimates her and assumes she will fail; whenever she thought she had succeeded, he would change form and she had to keep trying and adapting and trying again. I love this story for many reasons, primarily the idea of not giving up.
Caffeinated Spider × Emergent Lotus: The "CaffeinatedSpider” series was originally named after NASA's experiments caffeinating spiders and observing the webs the spiders produced! It is also inspired by the geometric forms found in Islamic architecture.
The drawings and 2D pattern, a multi-sided cardioid, was made by altering the code in a computer program to draw many lines that connect in a particular pattern so that an 8-petaled lotus shape emerges.
The ceramics have curvy silhouettes inspired by Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Greek, and Indian pottery.
The pieces with golden inserts are inspired by Japanese "kintsugi" golden joinery, and pieces with intricate filigreed golden patterns are inspired by Indian "Tanjore" and Italian "pastiglia" gilded low relief painting.
Single Founder/Machete in the Jungle: (Description to come.) Hammerhead Shark: (Description to come.) Journal of Sad Trombone Late Bloomer (Birth of Athena) Creative Problem-Solving (Parvati's Unconventional Children) Scarab Turtle
