Deb Paradise, began her career delving creative photographic processes and as a professional photographer.  Her fine art photography explored manual alteration of her photos with color, moving parts, creating 3 dimensional sculptural pieces.  Eventually, she became a meditation teacher, combining meditation with hands-on energy healing for almost twenty years.  This deeply transformative work inspired a natural transition into her work with clay.  Unifying the artistic and the sacred aspects of her life’s work, informs each of her creations. 

Deb’s work in clay is a collaboration between what she sees and what the clay wants to become.  Clay is a natural material and Nature is evident in all of her work.  Each piece is built from slabs, coils and chunks of clay in a process known as Hand-Building.  Working with porcelain and stoneware clays, Deb folds, sculpts, squishes and squeezes the clay, pushing the limits of the materials.  I like to experiment with alternative surfaces and finishes such as graphite, wax and stones.

Additionally Deb draws on the symbols and rituals found in many different cultural, spiritual, and ethnic philosophies giving it an underlying diversity and a sense of universal connectedness. 

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