Work samples
About robin
My work in clay is intuitive. I let my hands find figures in clay and personalities in pinch-pot pieces. Seeing “people” where others see inanimate material leads to faces in unusual places - inside bowls, on small double ewers, statues, and sculpted faces/masks. Sunny and inclusive spirits animate topsy-turvy traditional pieces with inferred stories. Curious objects offer companionship or memories. There are no loud statements; tho' you may… more
Mother Tea
Wonky hand built teapot, matte chrome green exterior, clear glazed interior, cute little feet, dots, eyes, and flippy toque top.
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Mother Tea
Wonky hand built teapot, matte exterior, clear glazed interior, with chrome green exterior, cute little feet, dots, eyes, and flippy toque top.
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Mother Tea
Wonky hand built teapot, matte exterior, clear glazed interior, with chrome green exterior, cute little feet, dots, eyes, and flippy toque top.
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Mother Tea
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Mother Tea
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Mother Tea
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Mother Tea
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Mother Tea
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Mother Tea
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Mother Tea
Baby Brothers
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand with a finger problem.
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Baby Brothers
Brothers - faces with finger hair decreasing in size - with background forced perspective tiles, flowers, snakes, petals...
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
The smallest face, in process.
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
Baby Brothers - the many pieces that make up the scene.
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers - accessory pieces in process
The accessories of the scene, in process.
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
The largest Brother face, in process.
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
The three Brothers, in process, small, medium, large.
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
The backs of the masks, painted with flowers.
All different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
The tile ground the scene, forced perspective design.
All Brothers are different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
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Baby Brothers
The middle Brother on the scenic tiles, in its greenware state.
All Brothers are different but all the same, forced perspective tile ground with 3 face/masks with marine-life legs instead of hair, flowers, leaves, snakes, and a lonely hand
Pinched
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Pinched with Dots and Stripes
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Pinched Red and White
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Pinched and Celadon
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Pinched and Slipped
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Pinched and Slipped
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Pinched Blue and White
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Pinched Small Ewer
Small Pinched Ewer
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Pinched
Different faces, different designs, pinchpot method ceramic, cobalt underglaze and clear glaze, partial green glaze on exterior
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Pinched
Different faces, different designs, pinchpot method ceramic, underglaze or slip and clear glaze, some have partial green glaze on exterior. These dish exteriors are mossy green and white.
Circus Sibs
A collection of fantastical faces, most from the same mold, but all in frivolous colors with fantastical histories.
Roberto Lugo Jug
Porcelain head jug of potter Roberto Lugo with cobalt decoration in Lugo's style (with his permission).
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Roberto Lugo Jug
Heavy porcelain head jug of potter Roberto Lugo with cobalt decoration in Lugo's style (with his permission).
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Roberto Lugo Jug
Heavy porcelain head jug of potter Roberto Lugo with cobalt decoration in Lugo's style (with his permission).
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Roberto Lugo Jug
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Roberto Lugo Jug in process
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Roberto Lugo Jug in process
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Roberto Lugo Jug in process
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Roberto Lugo Jug in process
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Roberto Lugo Jug in process
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Roberto Lugo Jug in process
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Roberto Lugo Jug in process
Grand Father
Bisque fired with red underglaze, this figure of a mature circus gent holds a stick, scowling slightly
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Grand Father
Bisque fired with red underglaze, this figure of a mature circus gent holds a stick, scowling slightly
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Grand Father
Bisque fired with red underglaze, this figure of a mature circus gent holds a stick, scowling slightly
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Grand Father
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Grand Father
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Grand Father
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Grand Father
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Grand Father
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Grand Father
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Grand Father
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Grand Father, the origin
Oyster Woman
Riffing off of vintage mermaid aquarium ornaments, Oyster Woman has oyster shells for fins and showgirl-style head-dress. Her body is covered with a bed of kelp.
Grand Mother
An elongated body with a poppy head and single webbed foot rests on an oily black hemisphere. A separate smaller oily black ball rests inside the poppy at times.
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Mother
An elongated body with a poppy head and single webbed foot rests on an oily black hemisphere. A separate smaller oily black ball rests inside the poppy at times.
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Mother
An elongated body with a poppy head and single webbed foot rests on an oily black hemisphere. A separate smaller oily black ball rests inside the poppy at times.
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Grand Mother
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Grand Mother
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Grand Mother
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Grand Mother
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Grand Mother
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Grand Mother
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Grand Mother Begins
Peeking
Set of three dishes from globular to open blossom, coordinating deco dot exteriors and peeking faces inside each.
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Peeking Bowls
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Peeking Bowls
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Peeking Bowls
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Peeking Bowls
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Peeking Bowls
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Peeking Bowls
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Peeking
Set of three dishes from globular to open blossom, coordinating deco dot exteriors and peeking faces inside each.
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Peeking
Set of three dishes from globular to open blossom, coordinating deco dot exteriors and peeking faces inside each.