Gary Hootman

Swisher, Iowa

Title: Ageless

Year of Creation: 2007

Glaze: Natural ash from wood firing

Clay Body: Stoneware

Dimensions: Height 19.25 inches, Width 15.5 inches

Artist's Statement:

Art is:

From a way

On a way

To a way

Ageless is an example of what art is. Our minds are filled with images from the day we are born. When moving clay, a synthesized image helps form the clay into a new form. The firing then finishes the wave which now becomes my memory and now yours from viewing the vase Ageless.