MendocinoArts - Mendocino Art Center

flowing water of river and sea; water as a symbol of life.
Last year, due to our removal to the forest, trees
became my chief theme: their meaning and connection
with people. For me they are creatures with experiences
and memories; that is what my tree sculptures represent.”
Wei Jane Chir
Wei Jane Chir presents in a left-to-right long scroll, a slow,
river-like narrative titled “One’s Special Tea.” The scroll
includes ten ancient Chinese pictures and introduces the
different teas, linked by theme. Photography is used to
integrate the artist’s own woodcut. “Drinking, collecting,
and growing my own tea was a personal hobby. I took my
wood block print work and used a modern medium to
bring tea into the digital age. It’s not only my own special
tea book, but the special tea book of many people.”
Jazmyn Azure
“I combine ceramics and photographic imagery on sculptural
forms to express my reflections of social, economic
and political trends. Through the manipulation of earth,
fire, color and imagery, my intent is to provide a more
journalistic and neutral perspective that may open the
viewer to discovering their own point of view. After
extensively researching and evaluating topics, I utilize
social interaction to compile a multitude of perspectives
around a single idea.”
Deborah Fell
Deborah Fell’s medium is
quilting. “As I studied the
surrounding beauty of the
Mendocino coast, it felt as if
I were witnessing conversations
everywhere . . .
between the cliffs crashing
against the waves, the sun
setting in the distance, the
dance of tiny beauty being
Deborah Fell
o
constantly washed ashore.”
Her series is entitled “Mendocino Coast Conversations.”
Once that concept solidified, “the painting, images and
design components overflowed.” She included text to
bring in a strong design component as well as emphasizing
the interactive coastal conversations and allowing the
“conversations” to become tangible.
Tim Ayers
Ayer’s work is a union of slip
cast, an historically industrial
technique, and the tradition of
wood fire. The marks of wood
firing are unlike any glaze or
brush stroke; wood embers and
fly ash melt and drip, salt fluxes
the silica present in the clay.
Flame causes the clay body to
flash in a beautifully irregu-
Tim Ayers
lar fashion. “I create ceramics
that reflect the control and the
sophistication of modern industry, yet through atmospheric
firing, my art still resonates with the chance and
irregularity of nature.”
Hannah Plotke
“These recent works are about the idea of bedazzling
something to death, the way a little girl holds a puppy
too tightly. A reverse elitism in cahoots with mainstream
culture; the viewers are complicit in their own kitschiness.
I include figures and portraiture, pattern, objects and
adornment, contemporary artifacts, clothing, jewelry and
artwork to create a quilt-like environment, a snapshot of
a psychological, personal and visceral state of mind. The
pattern serves as a way to talk about design, advertisement
and tapestry in a metaphorical sense; and to relay a
feminist perspective.”
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