In between. That is the place where these woven vessels sit and from where they
are guiding my artistic practice. They conjure the permanence of clay and the
ephemerality of fiber, the rigidity of one material against the flexibility of another.
They call to the ancient yet hold space in the contemporary. As vessels on the
brink of overlap between functional and sculptural they leave me professionally
and creatively navigating that intersection.
These pieces combine a lifelong love of textiles, patterns and stitchwork on
knitwear, quilts and embroideries. Recent classes in basket weaving sparked a
desire to create my own version of stakes and weavers. With over twenty years
of making functional pottery, working with clay gave me the technical framework
to re-imagine the traditional coil pot, one that is integrated with a rhythmic,
stitch-by-stitch construction to create strength, texture, and intricate surface
designs.
Cara Taylor is a ceramic artist and educator living in Western, Massachusetts.
She splits her time between the high school ceramics classroom and her
personal studio that she shares with her partner- textile and wallpaper designer
Kim Rosen of Fayce Textiles. She has a BFA from the University of Delaware
and an MA from the University of Massachusetts.