Phyllis Pacin Ceramic Sculpture

The work I've been doing for the past fifteen years evolved from my earlier three-dimensional wall sculptures. I arrange parallelogram-shaped tiles into architectural compositions that have a trompe l'oeil illusion of three-dimensional form. In the past several years I have continued to explore the transformation of what we see vs. what exists: the visual illusion of my pieces has been transformed further by my "folding" the forms visually so that they look like actual three-dimensional objects existing in real space.

Process: After I roll out large slabs of clay, I texture them with found objects, including pieces of hardware and even such items as a printed circuit board, a Ping Pong paddle, a chrome "Kammback" from an old Chevrolet - the possibilities are endless. Then, when I cut the slabs into tiles, no two have the same textural designs. After the tiles are bisque-fired, I lay them out on the glaze table in the composition that will be their final shape. I copy my glaze design with pencil onto th