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Word Sculptures

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Overcome, 16”x 44”x 24”, Fired clay with stains, Private Collection: Santa Fe, NM
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Beauty Will Blossom Again, 21”x 15”x 20”, Fired clay with stains, Private Collection: Southampton, NY
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They Said Abigael was a Witch, life-sized 30”x 35”x 23,” Fired clay, EPIC Series , Private Collection: Tesuque, NM
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Telling Tales, life-sized 30"x 14”x 32,” Fired clay, EPIC Series, Private Collection: Denver, CO
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Wordcage, life-sized 40”x 18”x 23,” Fired clay, EPIC Series, Private Collection: Dallas, TX
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In My Dreams I Can Fly, 3/4 life-sized, 38”x 17”x 21”, Fired clay with steel, SURFACING Series
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Daskala: The Allegory of Mentorship, 25”x 17”x 18,” Fired clay, Private Collection: Santa Fe, NM
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Mythmaker, Fired clay, life-sized 33"x 21"x 31", SURFACING Series
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Reflection: Questions at a Crossroads, fired clay with oils, 3/4 life-sized, 15.5”x 36”x 16”. SURFACING Series
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Inner Tête-à-Tête, life-sized 26”x 39”x 34,” Fired clay. EPIC Series
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Anthem: Birth of a Woman, life-sized 32.5”x 31.5”x 25,” Fired clay, EPIC Series, Private Collection: San Diego, CA
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St. Palli Grrl, 30"x 16"x 16", polychromed fired clay
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Commodity, life-sized 31"x 13”x 24,” Polychromed fired clay, BOUND Series, Private Collection: Los Angeles, CA
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The Execution of Lady Liberty, 31.5” x 12.5” x 16,” Fired clay, Private Collection: Bend, OR
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Call of the Muse, 24”x 20”x 17.5,” Fired clay, EPIC Series, Private Collection: Chicago, IL
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Skyla: The Allegory of Mentorship, 26”x 22”x 12," Fired clay with stains, Private Collection: Tesuque, NM
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Mnemosyne: Goddess of Memory, Life-sized 57"x 22"x 15", fired clay with stains. Private Collection: Santa Fe, NM
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Scarification of the Feminine, Life-sized 34.5"x 24"x 22", fired clay with stains. Private Collection: Santa Fe, NM USA
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Raconteuse (Storyteller), life-sized 35”x 24”x 30,” Fired clay. EPIC Series
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The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes, 16"x 14"x 11", Fired clay with stains and 22K Gold leaf, Private Collection: Kansas City, MO
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WORD WORKS

These sculptures were inspired by my fascination with words -- how stories can create entire worlds and how we use words to create the context for our lives, but also the images a single word creates in my mind.  I came across the word 'synchronic,' referring to something existing at one point in time, and began considering how that word was expressed in narrative sculpture -- an inherently synchronic object being used to tell a story, which is in its nature diachronic, something happening over time. I wanted to explore the possibilities of including both in a single object.

Originally, I began writing on my sculptures to show the powerful potential words have to define and even create realities -- what other people say to us and about us can have a dramatic impact on our views and experience in life.  Layering text on a figure creates an intriguing dichotomy. We respond instinctively and viscerally to the 'body language' -- the posture and pose in a figurative sculpture -- and more intellectually to the written word. I find that my mind flips back and forth between the visual imagery and being engaged in what the words say, expanding my understanding of the piece. The words themselves, emphasized by the planes of the body, create a pattern and texture as unique as the cadence of someone's speech patterns.

In The EPIC Series my focus is on stories we tell -- things we say about ourselves, things we say to ourselves, and things other people say about us. This is reflected in several ways in the series. I began with a more personal experience of identity -- how the stories we perpetually share with others, what we view as the defining experiences of our lives, somehow describe who we are and how we see ourselves. This moves into the experience of how we 'read' someone's life story in their body language and how they look -- how their story wraps around them, their internal landscape being reflected in their external visage. Other works bring into consideration how we can be constrained or defined by the stories people have about us -- the experience of words being as powerfully binding as physical restraints.

The EPIC Show installation
at EVOKE Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM



Copyright © Kristine Poole 2020
  • Home
  • Sculpture
    • Index of Selected Works
    • Word Sculptures >
      • Beauty Will Blossom Again
      • Overcome
      • They Said Abigael was a Witch
      • Telling Tales
      • Wordcage
      • In My Dreams I Can Fly
      • Daskala and Skyla:
      • Mythmaker
      • Reflection: Questions at a Crossroads
      • Words I Carry
      • Anthem: Birth of a Woman
      • The Execution of Lady Liberty
      • St. Palli Grrl
      • Commodity
      • Call of the Muse
      • Scarification of the Feminine
      • Mnemosyne at the EPIC Show
      • Raconteuse
      • The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes
    • Quiddity >
      • Meraki: Born of Clay
      • Awakening
      • Duende
    • Imaginative Realism >
      • Dove Dreams of Flying
      • Beyond Her Wildest Dreams
      • Leap Frog: Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
      • Spinner of Dreams
      • Awaken the Night
      • The Cricket's Tale
      • Golden Lotus
      • Muse Series >
        • Ki An: Muse of Curiosity
        • Oneira: Muse of Dreams
        • Despoena: Muse of Challenges
        • Ktisis: Muse of Creativity
        • Musique: Muse of Music
        • Koketa: Flirtation of the Muse
        • Vega: Muse of Mysteries
        • Psithyros: Whisper of the Muse
      • Chimaera Series >
        • Tiger Man
        • Fauna
        • Hot Diggety Dog and Pretty Little Pussy
        • Spirit Deer
        • Z's Tease
      • Siren Song
      • Birth of the Moon Hare
      • Tiger Man
      • Beach Bunnies
      • The Garden Party
      • Midnight Soirée
      • The Lady Valkyrie
      • The Flight of Saga
      • Amphitrite, Equiina and Satyr's Tale
      • The Nixie in the Pond
      • Poeisis: The New Muse
    • Figurative Mandalas >
      • Figurative Mandalas information
    • Installations Commissions >
      • The Zemp Legacy
      • Flora, Zephyros and The Blossoming of Creativity
      • Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards
      • Lifetime Achievement in Wildlife Conservation Awards
      • The Muse Award
      • Mnemosyne at the EPIC Show
      • Daskala and Skyla: Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northern NM
      • Opening Band for The Sun
      • Aurora
    • Social Commentary Sculpture >
      • St. Palli Grrl
      • The Execution of Lady Liberty
      • Commodity
      • Crying Out Loud: Seeing Red, Feeling Blue
      • Scarification of the Feminine
      • Bling and The Gleipnir Ribbon
      • Indentured Servitude of the Soul 1
      • Indentured Servitude of the Soul 2
      • Eve Chooses Choice
    • Miniature Sculptures >
      • Bronze Talismans
      • Morning Conversation
    • Other Sculptures >
      • Androgyne Series
      • Chrysallis
      • Wildlife Bronzes
  • About
    • About Kristine
    • Collaborative Works
    • Press
    • Videos
    • Blog posts on Sculpting
    • In The Studio >
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