Rimas VisGirda

Champaign, Illinois, USA

Title: 6 Hungarian Girls (K8-2)

Year of Creation: 2009

Glaze: Wax inlay, underglaze pencil, glaze, lustres, overglazes

Clay Body: White stoneware

Dimensions: Height 6.5 inches, Width 5.75 inches

Artist's Statement: I try to show that my work is a combination of man and material where both the person making the object and the material have equal significance. I exaggerate dents and imperfections when appropriate to the construction process, as in throwing and handbuilding. Lately I have been adding granite and decomposed granite to bleed out and further activate the surface of my pieces.

My work is influenced by my family, the culture I live in, the machine age, the urban environment, the media and fad and fashion.