32. Twisted Galaxy Portal 529 by Del Bey

Del Bey is an artist and arts educator whose work deals with the intangibility of meaning and the slipperiness of language and time. Coming from a background of documentary photography addressing social issues, she is now abstractly exploring the social issues through ceramics.  Twisted Ceramics are multi-function vessels created with organic forms in celestial tones and metallic colors. Some of the pieces themselves have layers of meaning through a juxtaposition of organic and inorganic with hand-dyed silk, chains, and charms woven through the vessel. Each piece is twisted, woven, and marbled the way language and meaning are manipulated, even in our quotidian interactions. Whether simple misunderstanding or active deception, communications are never pure; there is always an act of translation. High Fire Stoneware/Glaze6” D x 3” HMade in 2024