I
started using nudes as part of my decoration on pots during my last year at
Cleveland State. I am not 100% sure how or why but I used old myths and fables
as the basis for the designs and even turned traditional male antagonists and
protagonists into female figures, it somehow just worked on the pottery and I
think they portray a rather fun and positive imagery. Along the way I came up
with a single and mirrored image of Rapunzel that with her flowing red-blonde
hair articulated the surface of plates and open bowls rather well and over time
the design has found its way on to pieces ranging from six inches to almost
three feet across and on pitchers that have been as tall as two feet plus. The
illustrated plate is roughly 14" across and shows the stylized mirrored
Rapunzel design with a turbulent and stormy sky as the backdrop. I can say from
a long time of experience, there are always designs and decorations that can
get tiresome and even stale, for me, this is not one of them.
"Rapunzel.
Rapunzel, lass deine Haare fallen damit
ich goldene Treppe steige."*
(*
I apologize to any German readers if this is not the correct translation, I do
my best!)
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