some things should last forever

I was Googling French Circus Images and found this work by Kathy Ruttenberg. At first I thought it was paper but it is really made from clay. Check out her website and be sure to look at the Macy's Window- it will blow you away!

Isn't it funny how we put things in categories and then attach value to them based on their composition? Paper doesn't last as long as clay but I could imagine these "sculptures" as dolls made from cloth or felt just as easily. Why aren't they still sculptures then? Surely taking flat cloth and using it to create a 3 dimensional form is just as wondrous and magical as using clay and fire to bring about the same object. Cloth can rot and mildew. Pottery lasts so much longer.

I think that Kathy Ruttenberg has talent beyond any words I could possibly string together to lay a mantle of praise around her shoulders.

I am smitten.

oh, the calamity...