From Letter to Treatise, Ceramic Series, 2019
From Letter to Treatise is a series six ceramic pieces that reference child's games, “cootie catchers” and
paper pop-ups. I have used cootie catchers in my video work and printmaking for many years as an
anchor or a metaphor for possibilities. Now, to me it represents the Absurd, a way to make meaning
out of otherwise meaningless life, but it used to just take me back to being a kid without a worry or
concern for meaning. The interest to make these out of clay now is from a simple interest in making
disposable paper game, permanent; the folds that never wear out, paper that stays crisp and clean
like our dreams. The title From Letter to Treatise re ects the change on how I view these objects,
playful at rst, now full of personal mythology.