{"id":70,"date":"2021-06-20T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2021-06-21T10:17:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:17:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Scan.jpg?resize=920%2C584&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Scan.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Scan.jpg?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Scan.jpg?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had the great opportunity of studying overseas in Italy. A teacher who was leading an archeological dig invited the class to an Etruscan site. We were able to look through an area littered with pottery shards. The feeling I got by holding, examining and wondering about the people that created these forms left a strong impression on me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am deeply moved by all ancient areas and artifacts from the many places I have visited through the years. It is a very profound experience pondering the ancient marks left by a human hand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love working with clay. It feels very primal to me. This is why I am also drawn to hand-building and creating simple forms. I love firing these forms using the raku process. It is also primal and somewhat unpredictable in results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I most recently have been adding images to my raku work. The images are a layer of recording a moment in time, adding to the memory of a work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Earth, water, and fire play the parts of my creation process.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the great opportunity of studying overseas in Italy. A teacher who was leading an archeological dig invited the class to an Etruscan site. We were able to look<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/about\/\" class=\"readmore\">View more&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artawakening.com\/perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}