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It began with mud pies |
Face pendant of brown clay, Sun Works, ca. 1969 |
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Her beads are formally constructed into complex pieces.
"I don't seek, I find --Picasso" Porcelain -- 1984 |
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Joyce Whitaker of Cambridge MA
Her pieces are organic, alive.
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It began with mud pies |
Face pendant of brown clay, Sun Works, ca. 1969 |
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Her beads are formally constructed into complex pieces.
"I don't seek, I find --Picasso" Porcelain -- 1984 |
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Two below - front and back of large central bead, 1972
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"I view my work as Folk Art, and hope, if it is to have any place in time, after I have left, it will simply be recognized as a sincere effort of one craftsperson to work as thoughtfully and carefully as possible" |
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"Each bead is carefully made by hand. I have no "quickie" molding processes -- and when I lose pieces (usually in the firing process), I lose a chunk of time from my life that saddens me -- momentarily." |
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She uses every sense she can -- color, texture, words.
Some of her beads rattle. If she could, she would add taste and smell.
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Almost every bead is signed and many are dated. Many also carry inscriptions. Clockwise from upper left: 1970, 1969, 1976, 1984. "My Business is to Create. -- Blake" |
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Left: The Shawl Lady (Joyce insists this is not a Bag Lady). Right: New work, early 1990s after moving to Cambridge. |
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