Cradle

Handbuilt earthenware, press molds, glazed and smoke-fired
7.5"x18"x11"
1992

Artist Statement

My work is a response to observing the rhythms and cycles of the natural world around me. From the shorter rhythms of seasons to the almost timeless cycles of stones and mountains I find endless shapes, textures, and fragments that echo the process of life, death, and rebirth. I use press molds of deer antlers, stones, and fossils to repeat shapes that form the building blocks for my vessels. Within this framework I seek to express feelings I don't often understandÑperhaps longings for strength and beauty or the desire to show painful steps I am trying to master or interpretations of numinous dreams that seem like a gift.

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MARIAN HAIGH

2600 Bridle Path; Austin, TX 78703
(512) 477-6112


Date and Place of Birth:     October 8,1951; Pittsburgh, Kansas
Education:             B.F.A. from Arkansas State University, 
Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1973

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Clay Baskets and Electric Smoke Firing," Ceramics Monthly, September 1990.

"Gallery," American Crafts, June/July 1989.

"Portfolio," American Crafts, February/March 1988.

"The basketmaker 's Art: Contemporary baskets and their Makers 
	Mark Books," 1987.

"Gallery," American Crafts, April/May 1985.

"By Design," Metropolis - The Architecture and Design Magazine of NY; 
    April 1984.

"The New Basket: A Vessel for the Future," Brainerd Art Gallery, State 
    University College of Arts and Sciences, Potsdam, NY, 1984.

"Other Baskets," Fiberarts, August/ September 1982.

"Gallery," American Crafts, August/ September 1982.

GALLERY ASSOCIATIONS

-The Blue Heron, Deer Island, Maine
-Worth Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
-Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
-Arkansas State University Museum, Jonesboro, Arkansas
-Sprint Services, Austin, Texas; Independence, Missouri; 
    Charlotte, North Carolina;
-Sacramento, California; Baltimore, Maryland
-Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1993    "Texas Clay Il," invitational exhibition with symposium. Curator: 
        Michel Conroy. Touring exhibition with catalog.

    	"Earthen Vessel, Celestial Journey," three-person exhibition,           
   		University Gallery, Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, Baylor        
    	University, Waco, TX. Curator: Paul McCoy.

1992    "They Came by Boat," Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY. Curators: 
        Paul Bridgewater and Laura Kruger.

1991    "New Works: Ceramic Vessels," one-person exhibition, Arkansas State 
        University Museum, Jonesboro, AR.

    "Feats of Clay IV," Lincoln Arts and Cultural Foundation, Lincoln, CA. 
        Juror: Rudy Autio. Catalog.  Awarded purchase prize.

1990 "Marian Haigh: Review," one-person exhibition, Popularis, 
        San Antonio, TX.

    "Basket Weave '90," The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH. Touring exhibition      
    with catalog. Jurors: Michael Davis, John McGuire, Sandra Blain.

    "Baskets and Beyond," invitational, California Crafts Museum, 
        San Francisco, CA.