Ajisai (2002) detail. photo by Yamaoka Yasuhiro at Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Musium, February 2003. Tray Sculpture Statement of Intention My sculpure arrangements are based upon experienced impressions of specific locations. Not intended as conceits, they function as selected memory traces of perceived situational phenomenon such as the effects of light on forms and the color relationships of the forms to each other. Simultaneously referring to architecture, landscape and stage setting, they are re-inventions intended to invoke the mood af those specific encounters such as the positioning of a colorful Buddhist Temple and its pagoda adjacent to an austere Shinto Shrine, surrounded by trees, fronted by the sea, and backed by mountains; all while maintaining their identity and integrity as ceramic vessels. — James Makins read more