"Sakai Shaker Hatbox"
Earthenware, 8.5" x 18" x 14"
"Intimate scale, the history of use, the tactile qualities of touching and lifting, and above all, the interaction of surface and form are central concerns in my work. I have developed a deep attachment to many types of functional objects. They include Etruscan pottery, Pre-Columbian architecture, Japanese armor of the Muromachi period, Shaker hatboxes and tinware, Japanese folk pottery and traditional Origami. I take the archetypes, filter them through my psyche, and intuitively connect them. My work, therefore, constitutes loosely rendered reinventions of the past; they are my attempt to build a family tree of spiritual ancestors, a heritage of my own passions."
Piero Fenci, Nacogdoches, TX
Professor of Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
MFA: Alfred University, BA: Yale University
Exhibitions:
Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
Main Street Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX
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