Patti Warashina: The World Upside Down, 2022-2024
In this series of works called “The World Upside Down,” I view the earth as an uncontrolled symbolic, spinning “ceramic wheel” in space to give a glimpse of looking at our planet from above. To me the figures represent “human consciousness” observing and experiencing the realization of possible escape from annihilation portrayed through dreamlike, cosmic scenarios, using current and future space technology. These figures have become the actors in my introspective narratives, as a way of escaping the doubts and disharmony of human nature and its routines, by role-playing scenarios to my liking….much like a child playing with dolls.
Photo credit: Mark Woods
Captions
- A World Apart (2022), Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze, 22 x 27 x 16 HWD in
- Distant Reality (2024), Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, mixed media x 30 x 24 HWD in
- Vamoose (2022), Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze13 x 19 x 13 HWD in
- Wild Blue Yonder (2022), Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze, 29 x 27 x 15 HWD in
- Back Scratch (2022), Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, mixed media, 16 x 19 x 16.5 HWD in
- Double Trouble (2022), Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze. 28 x 16 x 16 HWD in
- Explosive Situation (2022), Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, mixed media, 16 x 19 x 12.5 HWD in.
- Hot Seat (2022), Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze, 16 x 17 x 13 HWD in
- New Frontier (2022), Earthenware, tiles on wood, underglaze, glaze, mixed media, 38 x 35 x 8 HWD in
- Space Play (2022), Earthenware, tiles on wood, underglaze, glaze, mixed media, 35.5 x 50.25 x 7.5 HWD in
- Sucker Punched (2022), Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze, 33 x 16 x 16 HWD in
- Throw of the Dice (2022), Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze, 19 x 18 x 16 HWD in
