Charlie Duck – Week 2 – Granite in the Soul

July 12, 2016

It seems impossible to go anywhere in Ticino without having to somehow navigate the monolithic granite lumps that people the landscape.

The rock is particular to this region and used for everything from vineyard stanchions to preposterously proportioned tables. Most surprisingly perhaps, it is even used for the bulky water troughs at the top of the mountains. Lucky goats.

The forms have started to creep into the sketchbook drawings I have been producing over the last week.

I also spent more time with the ever-ebullient Edith Corrieri. This week I glazed the ceramics and they entered the kiln for a second fire. This is how some of them looked before being fired.

All under the expert supervision of Tabitha.