| Ceramic rattle 7" - hand formed, carved and glazed, and sager fired | |  |
These butterfly balls come from a meticulous and meditative process, hand formed, drawn, carved, fired and glazed fired sometimes up to 5 times. Then they are sager fired to let the fire and combustibles do what they will with them.
 | | The tiles are formed to have rustic character and glazed with colors to reflect the nature of the photograph, the photographs are edited for story and composition, and the frames are hand-built to custom fit. Each piece requires a minimum of three kiln firings. |
 | | These ceramic boxes are inspired by various spiritual traditions including the ancient temples of Angkor and the totems of shamanism. They are hand built with marbled clay, part matte/part glossy glazed on the outside and high gloss glazed on the inside. |
 | | This is the story of the sign I've created for Freedom Park on Camano Island. The sign maxed out my work space for 2 months and although I didn't track my time I estimate that it took well over 200 hours to complete. And it's very heavy, so thank you to everyone who happened through my gate and got recruited to help move it to various positions to cut, join, brace, draw, carve, sand, woodburn, jigsaw, paint and spar urethane. |
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Ruth Westra is an artist in watercolor, acrylic and clay. She feels that art is a journey of infinite discovery of the holistic natural and spiritual world. Westra endeavors to explore and strengthen her foundation in what makes beautiful and/or meaningful art that will connect with the viewer.
Westra is currently focused mainly on her ceramic work, both the Spirit Rattles and the Ceremonials boxes, and the Madrona Series which balances the fragile against the strength of the madrona trees that grace the Puget Sound islands, in watercolor, ceramic, and other natural materials. She has been influenced by adventures like sailing to Alaska, throughout many of the Greek islands, and across the Atlantic including exploring the Azores; and trekking in Nepal.
Westra has Signature status in the Northwest Watercolor Society and is a member of the National Watercolor Society, Camano Arts Association and Cascade Clay Artists.
Her work has been accepted in a number of regional shows including most recently:... |
| Reality
I begin my day with a strong assertion that I choose to accept the reality of my life. | | Purpose
I seek to be a more true expression of my life. Today I know it is perfectly right to seek. Revelation is ever deeper and sets me free. | | The Ceremonials
This is a Ceremonial box in progress. If it's successful to my vision, it'll be called "Wisdom". The forming and carving are complete and I'm babysitting a slow drying process as I work on more Spirit Rattles and Ceremonial boxes. | | Denali Artist in Residence
I'm happy to have just submitted my application for the 2010 Denali Artist in Residence program. I poured my heart into it. Now to wait to see what comes of it..........and back to making things. | | Ceremonial boxes
I'm currently working on a series of ceramic ceremonial boxes inspired by ancient temple ruins of Angkor. |
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