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Child on High, 2025

Featured in When the World is Beautifully Strange Niki Ford (b. 1974)Child on High, 2025Stoneware, mason stain, underglaze, glaze,tung oil, epoxy, spar varnish, rebar and concrete base47 in. x 16 in. x 16 in.Courtesy of the artistPhoto by Paul Gallo Niki Ford, a Los Angeles-based artist, befriends the otherworldly through their richly pigmented and hyper-tactile stoneware sculptures. During the building process, Ford works intuitively, as if receiving a kind of download – watching the form emerge and unfold, rather than consciously constructing it. This quiet exchange between artist and object gives rise to the final form, allowing motifs, textures, colors, and…
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the stone in your mouth, 2024

Featured in When the World is Beautifully Strange Kristiana Chan 莊 禮 恩 (b. 1993)the stone in your mouth (en/snarled), 2024Hand-built stoneware, crocheted chain, foraged barnacle, acrylic tubingCourtesy of the artistPhoto by Paul Gallo The intertidal zone is a landscape marked by constant and extreme change, whose inhabitants have uniquely adapted to not only withstand, but thrive in such conditions. Chan considers histories of oceanic extraction and our relationship to living resources, believing that the ocean’s intertidal organisms are oracles which guide our understanding of what longevity, survival, and endurance can look like.   What wisdom, memories, and technologies are held within…
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AGNIJA, Born of Fire, 2023

Featured in When the World is Beautifully Strange Ashwini Bhat (b. 1980)AGNIJA, Born of Fire, 2023Glazed ceramic84 x 36 x 16 in.Collection of Starworks, NCPhoto by Chris Gallaway Inspired by the cathedral-like termite mounds frequently seen throughout Southern India, artist Ashwini Bhat was invited to create this hybrid, biomorphic sculpture using local wild clay as a part of Firefest 2023 at Starworks, in North Carolina.  To this day in Southern India, the termite mounds, which have chimney-like structures resembling ancient pottery kilns, are worshipped as the dwellings of the serpent deities. In this process, the termite mounds themselves become the…
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People’s Hut

Featured in The Art & Architecture of Maybe Andre Woodward and Future Artists of MontalvoPeople’s Hut, 2026Redwood, recycled scrap wood, harvested forest wood. drywall screws, staples, floral wire, waxed twine, PVC, stainless steel, muslin, acrylic paint 7-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 8-1/2 ft.Commission of Montalvo Arts CenterPhoto by Andre Woodward Invited to be a part of the 2026 Marcus Exhibition, The Art and Architecture of Maybe, this project is rooted in the belief that art is an expression of human experience. People’s Hut serves as a memoir of the experiences of its creators, artist Andre Woodward and the children who attended Montalvo’s fort-making camp this summer.    Designed to absorb and reflect the surrounding forest,…
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