These gems from the earth are made of mud from indigenous clays of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Anna Bastida molds the clay into geode bowls (top) and ceramic platters with leaf, moss or bark prints (bottom). She sometimes recycles broken glass by melting it into her sculptures. The artist was in Selma Saturday for the Riverview Arts and Crafts Festival, which was canceled the previous weekend due to rain. I wondered how she developed her artistic talents...by making mud pies of course! But, she also studied art in New York City and Maui.
(The leaf print piece is made from kudzu.)
What a great talent! My mud pie making didn't really teach me much,lol.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive and a great idea.
ReplyDeleteNeat, I would put the pots on my coffee table for display, couldnt ever put anything in them.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw your pic first I thought there is a Craft Fair---Yep! Beautiful art. MB
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot!
ReplyDeleteThose are fine pieces of art.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I could resist this pottery. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThere are different shapes of kudzu leaves, but this looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteDo a search on kudzu kwestions to see some of the 180,000 sites for kudzu recipes that are online, and the medicinal purposes, including 2 Harvard studies.
What beautiful pottery!
ReplyDeletewish I could have seen all the art!
ReplyDeleteOH, kudzu! When we lived in GA., it was all over the place. We don't have it up here.
ReplyDeleteLove the art, though. Very nice.
I love the colored ones!!!
ReplyDeleteMiss Mari-Nanci
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