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Stealing The Raven  - Porcelain Sculpture  - 22" Tall x 14" Long  x 8" Wide

Description:  woman holding raven mask, with dog, atop a goat.  Hand built porcelain decorated with cobalt pigment and clear glaze. 

"While there is a long history of blue and white wares in Europe and the Middle East, Asia was the first to produce porcelain decorated with cobalt.  Stealing the Raven depicts a mythical naked woman atop a goat.  In one hand an abstracted ravens mask, referencing past works, where these same masks were seen atop the heads of figures.  To her left, a small dog." - Cary Weigand 2007

High Desert Gallery is pleased and honored to make available artwork by Nationally Acclaimed Oregon artist, Cary L Weigand. 

About Cary L Weigand:  A sixth generation Hawaiian, Cary graduated from the University of Hawaii with a Masters of Fine Art in Ceramics and relocated to Central Oregon in 2004.  Since she graduated she has eagerly pursued the path of establishing herself as an independent ceramic artist.  Her major interest in figure modeling expands both the use of ceramic techniques as well as explores some relatively neglected areas in content.  Inspired by the loose slab work her figures evoke a sense of mass in contrast to the loose and flowing slab work of drapery and body appendages.  This formal device provides an important ground for the content of her work, aimed at a search for a contemporary spirituality.  Working with earthenware or porcelain, a figurine is worked upward slowly allowing each layer to dry.  Then it is painted with Terra Sigilatta, wood ash, overglazes and fired.  Next is applied a variety of stains, paints and sometimes wax.  Each piece builds a bridge connecting Cary's psyche with the physical realm.

For nationally known artist, Cary Weigand, ceramics is a very humanistic and tactile experience.  Drawn to Asian philosophies and Shamanism she finds they both focus on awareness of mind, spirit, and environment.  The figure represents a vehicle of humanity.  Cary's work is an expression of the subconscious and symbolism.  She states: “In this way, I seek to look deeper within myself.  I look upon each piece as that something which beckons the impenetrable shadows of madness, or the liquid flow of existence, day after day after day, (Or maybe this heart...) a wild beast caged within its chest, dreaming a dream which we've already seen unfolding before us, (time and time again.)

Cary's original artwork including her fine art porcelain sculpture is available exclusively in Central Oregon at High Desert Gallery.

Processes:    Each piece is hollow, hand built porcelain.  A figurine is created slowly upwards, allowing each successive layer to dry before adding the next.  Each piece always ends with the details of the hands and face, and then allowed to dry.  After Firing to a temperature of 2194 degrees F, some works are finished with stains, paints, and enamels.