Oxytocin — Martha Russo

Oxytocin
paperclay, porcelain slip, metal, lights, abaca paper, silicone, mixed media
20 x 15 x 50 feet
2011-2012

Oxytocin
detail

shibumi (no.2)
15 x 10 x 21 feet
porcelain casting slip, porcelain, blooming tea blossoms, screws, egg cartons, PC-7 epoxy, paint roller, a laundry basket, sea sponges, air, a whisk broom, glazes, the top of a pineapple, cardboard packing inserts from shoes, bike spokes, trust, the tops of carrots and fennel, dead succulents, a mesh bag filled with my son Henry’s hair, kitchen sponges, metal rods, corn husks, time, Chinese box toy, a feather duster, my daughter Odelia’s burnt toast, luck, panty hose, a vacuum cleaner bag, gravity, luck, silk
2012

shibumi (no.2)
detail