"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Artist Statements
Like taking a walk on the beach while gazing at stones of random sizes, shapes and colors, Loorem Adams new ceramic works brings memories of the serenity of the beach walk to you .
The 2023-24 Tidal Series evokes memories of the joyful, welcome solitude of walking the beach. Looking at rocks collected by nature's forces, their geological compositions and randomly created variations of surface patinas all evoke the passage of time and the wonder of creation. Reminiscent of flora washed over the surfaces drying in the weather, crustaceans anchored or sometimes the shadows of their passing imprints, the forms and glazed surfaces evoke these memories. How evocative and beautiful is the simply, complex wonder the natural environment expresses. " To me it expresses the ephemeral nature of our lives in its subtle language channeled to our human spirit—the joy of wonder."
Reaching back into the ages, the 2022-24 Gathered Series, evokes ancient collections of glowing ova --the life force, hand-built bottles perhaps created to hold perfumes, oils, or wine; and budding pods, held in roughhewn wrought iron baskets as if collected for display, transport, or household -- then through the passage of time and turbulence, lost to the ages. The baskets appear hand forged, broken, and old, while merely made of clay and underglaze. The precious contents shimmer with coppery raku glazes combined with the alchemy of fire and the denial of oxygen, or electric kiln fired oxidation crystallin glazes -- like gems, collected preciously to preserve. Wrought, precious, and found project subtle narratives of past lives and lost civilizations dredged up for new eyes, value for the hands that made and collected them.
2010 to 2019
Random weave represents a truth in life, a beautiful order deeply connected—one element to the other— all creating a whole of magical interconnection and form. " I am increasingly drawn into the use of this technique to express conceptual pieces with references to the complexity of existence." We live in an increasingly complicated world—an interdependent world of thoughts and action. So much darkness pervades while love, compassion, forgiveness and nature offer peace that soothes. Paradox is reality, one a part of the other. "My work is designed to cause contemplation and the expansion of thought while also being beautifully crafted with luscious aspects, all meant to create an internal response to the infused meaning and paradoxes we experience in life. "
Like taking a walk on the beach while gazing at stones of random sizes, shapes and colors, Loorem Adams new ceramic works brings memories of the serenity of the beach walk to you .
The 2023-24 Tidal Series evokes memories of the joyful, welcome solitude of walking the beach. Looking at rocks collected by nature's forces, their geological compositions and randomly created variations of surface patinas all evoke the passage of time and the wonder of creation. Reminiscent of flora washed over the surfaces drying in the weather, crustaceans anchored or sometimes the shadows of their passing imprints, the forms and glazed surfaces evoke these memories. How evocative and beautiful is the simply, complex wonder the natural environment expresses. " To me it expresses the ephemeral nature of our lives in its subtle language channeled to our human spirit—the joy of wonder."
Reaching back into the ages, the 2022-24 Gathered Series, evokes ancient collections of glowing ova --the life force, hand-built bottles perhaps created to hold perfumes, oils, or wine; and budding pods, held in roughhewn wrought iron baskets as if collected for display, transport, or household -- then through the passage of time and turbulence, lost to the ages. The baskets appear hand forged, broken, and old, while merely made of clay and underglaze. The precious contents shimmer with coppery raku glazes combined with the alchemy of fire and the denial of oxygen, or electric kiln fired oxidation crystallin glazes -- like gems, collected preciously to preserve. Wrought, precious, and found project subtle narratives of past lives and lost civilizations dredged up for new eyes, value for the hands that made and collected them.
2010 to 2019
Random weave represents a truth in life, a beautiful order deeply connected—one element to the other— all creating a whole of magical interconnection and form. " I am increasingly drawn into the use of this technique to express conceptual pieces with references to the complexity of existence." We live in an increasingly complicated world—an interdependent world of thoughts and action. So much darkness pervades while love, compassion, forgiveness and nature offer peace that soothes. Paradox is reality, one a part of the other. "My work is designed to cause contemplation and the expansion of thought while also being beautifully crafted with luscious aspects, all meant to create an internal response to the infused meaning and paradoxes we experience in life. "