BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Earth\, Water\, and Fire: Works by Lisa Battle BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38572021-07-18 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210718 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210719 LOCATION:12 Dodds Lane\nRehoboth Beach DE 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=12 Dodds Lane\nRehoboth Bea ch DE 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=12 Dodds Lane:geo:38.725028,-75.0858 86 GEO:38.725028;-75.085886 SUMMARY:Earth\, Water\, and Fire: Works by Lisa Battle CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Earth\, Water\, and Fire Works by Lisa Battle June 11\, 2021 -  July 18\,\n2021 Ventures Gallery Opening Reception: Friday\, June 11\, 2 021 (5 –\n7pm) Artist Statement My hand-built sculptures explore organic form\,\nline and an undulating movement that is reminiscent of the sensua l\ncurvilinear grace of natural objects and landscapes. I am inspired by\n the patterns created by the forces of nature\, found in walks along the\ns eashore observing shifting sand patterns created by winds and\nreceding wa ves\; in my travels through the American southwest among\ndesert cliffs\, canyons and formations of weathered rock eroded by wind\nand water\; and i n the shapes of plants and the human body. I also have\na life-long love o f dance\, and often find that my work evokes the\ngestures and arching mov ements of a dancer. In my exploration of form\,\nI pare down these natural shapes to their essence\, accentuating smooth\nclean lines to achieve sim plicity and elegance. Sometimes I feel that\nI am capturing a close-up\, i ntimate view of something larger. The\nresulting forms evoke aspects of t he natural world without\nspecifically representing them\, leading to a se nse of ambiguity that I\nfind is central to human experience.  I love the sensory experience\nof working with clay\, and the expressive possibiliti es created through\nthis malleable material. The forces of nature are also essential to\nthe creation of my work\, as my sculptures are exposed to t he\ntransformative powers of wind and fire in the wood kiln. The wood\nfir ing process leads to surfaces that have depth and subtle variations\nof te xture and color\, imparted by the movement of wind and fire\nthrough the k iln. The result is both a visual and tactile experience\nin which the surf ace is inherently integrated with the form. Biography\nLisa Battle is an a rtist who creates a distinctive style of abstract\nsculptures by hand-buil ding with stoneware clay. She explores form and\nline in three-dimensional space\, inspired by patterns created in\nnature through wind and water er osion\, and the graceful arching\nmovements of dance. As a viewer moves ar ound the work\, the lines\nadvance and recede\, giving an undulating sense of movement. The subtle\nsurface treatments of her work are derived from atmospheric firing\ntechniques\, including wood firing in a multi-chambere d Noborigama kiln\nand pit firing. Lisa began working with clay about 13 y ears ago after\ncompleting a masters’ degree in psychology. Her sculptur es have been\nshown in juried exhibitions in the Washington\, DC and New Y ork metro\nareas\, including several shows at the Brooklyn Waterfront Arti sts’\nCoalition\, juried by curators from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and\nMoMA. Lisa lives and works in Maryland\, where she is a member of th e\nwood fire community at Monocacy River pottery near Frederick\,\nMarylan d. She is a former trustee of the Baltimore Clayworks\, a\nresident artist at The Clay Co-op in Rockville\, Maryland\, and a member\nof the board of the Washington Sculptors’ Group.\nImage: “Sanna”  hand-built fro m stoneware clay\, sprayed glaze\,\nwood fired to cone 10 in Noborigama ki ln by Lisa battle Venue:\nRehoboth Art League. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Earth\, Water\, and Fire Works by Lisa Battle June 11\, 2021 - July 18\, 2021 Ventures Gallery Opening Reception: Frida y\, June 11\, 2021 (5 – 7pm) Artist Statement My hand-built sculptures e xplore organic form\, line and an undulating movement that is reminiscent of the sensual curvilinear grace of natural objects and landscapes. I am i nspired by the patterns created by the forces of nature\, found in walks a long the seashore observing shifting sand patterns created by winds and re ceding waves\; in my travels through the American southwest among desert c liffs\, canyons and formations of weathered rock eroded by wind and water\ ; and in the shapes of plants and the human body. I also have a life-long love of dance\, and often find that my work evokes the gestures and archin g movements of a dancer. In my exploration of form\, I pare down these nat ural shapes to their essence\, accentuating smooth clean lines to achieve simplicity and elegance. Sometimes I feel that I am capturing a close-up\, intimate view of something larger. The resulting forms evoke aspects of the natural world without specifically representing them\, leading to a se nse of ambiguity that I find is central to human experience.  I love the sensory experience of working with clay\, and the expressive possibilities created through this malleable material. The forces of nature are also es sential to the creation of my work\, as my sculptures are exposed to the t ransformative powers of wind and fire in the wood kiln. The wood firing pr ocess leads to surfaces that have depth and subtle variations of texture a nd color\, imparted by the movement of wind and fire through the kiln. The result is both a visual and tactile experience in which the surface is in herently integrated with the form. Biography Lisa Battle is an artist who creates a distinctive style of abstract sculptures by hand-building with s toneware clay. She explores form and line in three-dimensional space\, ins pired by patterns created in nature through wind and water erosion\, and t he graceful arching movements of dance. As a viewer moves around the work\ , the lines advance and recede\, giving an undulating sense of movement. T he subtle surface treatments of her work are derived from atmospheric firi ng techniques\, including wood firing in a multi-chambered Noborigama kiln and pit firing. Lisa began working with clay about 13 years ago after com pleting a masters’ degree in psychology. Her sculptures have been shown in juried exhibitions in the Washington\, DC and New York metro areas\, in cluding several shows at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists’ Coalition\, ju ried by curators from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA. Lisa lives and works in Maryland\, where she is a member of the wood fire community a t Monocacy River pottery near Frederick\, Maryland. She is a former truste e of the Baltimore Clayworks\, a resident artist at The Clay Co-op in Rock ville\, Maryland\, and a member of the board of the Washington Sculptors ’ Group. Image: “Sanna”  hand-built from stoneware clay\, sprayed glaze\, wood fired to cone 10 in Noborigama kiln by Lisa battle Venue: Re hoboth Art League. X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE DTSTAMP:20261027T214756Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR