Collection: MARJORIE WAKS

MARJORIE WAKS DEVELOPS A RESOLUTELY GRAPHIC BODY OF WORK, COMPRISING TABLE LAMPS, WALL SCONCES, VASES, SMALL BOWLS, AND SCULPTURAL MIRROR FRAMES. HER PIECES, BOTH RIGOROUS AND POETIC, EMERGE FROM PRIMARY FORMS CYLINDERS, CIRCLES, DOMES, WHICH SHE ENGRAVES WITH HYPNOTIC STRIPES AND CAREFULLY CALIBRATED EMBELLISHMENTS.

HER ARCHITECTURAL CREATIONS ARE PUNCTUATED BY COMPOSITIONS OF PARALLELOGRAMS, PELLETS, AND CLAY BEADS. "I AM VERY ORGANIZED AND I NEED STRUCTURES TO PROGRESS," EXPLAINS THE ARTIST. "MY REPETITIONS OF PATTERNS PROVIDE A FORM OF REASSURANCE. EVEN THOUGH MY WORKS ARE STRUCTURED, I LET GO DURING THEIR SHAPING; THEY IMPOSE THEIR OWN LOGIC."

RESOLUTELY GRAPHIC AND ABSTRACT, HER CERAMICS EVOKE A MULTITUDE OF IMAGINATIONS: SERRATED VASES REMINISCENT OF MEDIEVAL TOWERS, STAIRCASED DOMES INSPIRED BY MAYAN PYRAMIDS, SAUCERS STRAIGHT OUT OF SCIENCE FICTION FILMS. SOME PIECES, LIKE HER HYPNOTIC WHEELS, ARE PURELY DECORATIVE. "THE MORE I PROGRESS, THE LESS I FEEL CONSTRAINED BY STRUCTURES; I FREE MYSELF FROM THE SHACKLES OF THE KNOWN."