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“Clay is soft and allowing and puts hardly any limits
to what to shape. Even so, it turns hard and durable when the sand- grains melt together, sinters, after being baked
in the kiln. That appeals to me. I like things to be durable, reliable. Heads and faces fascinate me, so that is what I am sculpting. Each time I’m excited and curious to see who will come out of the clay. I have been a ‘beachcomber’ and a ‘little-things-on- the-ground-hunter’ all my life. I love strolling along my ‘hunting grounds’ of the Swedish westcoast where I collect beautiful pieces of sea-washed drift- wood and stones, shaped by sand, ice, wind, and waves. I use these as foundations or ‘bodies’ for my hand-sculpted heads and faces. Sometimes I add details like pieces of rusty metal, glass splints, and various ‘treasures’ I have found among the rocks
at the coast, or somewhere else on the ground or in old, forgotten boxes....No sculpture is identical to the other, as they are all unique individuals—just like us people.”
No Worries
stoneware on driftwood 5'' tall
lena folkestad
