Memory Spoon: Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere, Porcelain, Paper Clay, Glass, Silica Sand, Black Sand, Resin, 9.5” x 4” x 1.5” , Cone 6 Oxidation, 2018 (dimensions variable) - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Memory Spoon: ‘Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere’, Porcelain, Paper Clay, Glass, Silica Sand, Black Sand, Resin, 9.5” x 4” x 1.5” , Cone 6 Oxidation, 2018 (dimensions variable) - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Coded Memory Quilt: ‘for the Schoolmarms, the “saintly souls”, you teach with me’, Stoneware, Porcelain (tiles), Black Clay, Glass, Silica Sand, Paper Clay, 5.5’ x 4.5’ x 1.5” (dimensions variable), 2018 -

Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Memory Quilt: ‘for the Schoolmarms, the “saintly souls”, you teach with me’, Stoneware, Porcelain (tiles), Black Clay, Glass, Silica Sand, Paper Clay, 5.5’ x 4.5’ x 1.5” (dimensions variable), 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Coded Sampler Quilt no.2 ‘from the Nadir, I hear them’, Earthenware tiles, 3.5’ x 3’ x 1” (dimensions variable), Cone 04 Oxidation, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Plantation Sugar Jar: ‘for Chloe Spears (1750-1815)’, Stoneware, Porcelain Paper Clay, 6,5” x 3” x 3.5”, Cone 6 Oxidation, 2017 (dimensions variable) - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Plantation Sugar Jars: ‘for the washerwomen, maumas, exodusters, Jubileers’, 6.5” x 3” x 3.5”, Stoneware, Porcelain Paper Clay, Cone 6 Oxidation, 2018, (dimensions variable) - Chotsani Elaine Dean

‘from seed to hand, mine’, Stoneware, Porcelain, Black Clay Slip, Kanthal Wire, Sea Island Cotton, Cone 6 Oxidation, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - ‘from seed to hand, mine’, Stoneware, Porcelain, Black Clay Slip, Kanthal Wire, Sea Island Cotton, Cone 6 Oxidation, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Sampler Quilt no.2 ‘from the Nadir, I hear them’, Earthenware tiles, 3.5’ x 3’ x 1” (dimensions variable), Cone 04 Oxidation, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Memory Spoons no.1: ‘Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere’ Slip-cast Porcelain, Porcelain Paper Clay, Glass, Silica Sand, Cone 6 Oxidation, 12” x 3” x 2.5” (dimensions variable), 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

‘what I would ask of Phillis Wheatley, our time for tea, no.2’, Stoneware, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018

Chotsani Elaine Dean

‘what I would ask of Phillis Wheatley, our time for tea’, Stoneware, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Front View - Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Timeline: ‘all the resourcefulness of Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865), Stoneware, Earthenware, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 2018 - Chotsani Elaine Dean

Coded Memory Quilt: ‘for Tuktuki and Matu, our time together in Jorhat, Assam’, Stoneware, Porcelain, Black Clay Slip, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 6’ x 5’.8” x 1.5” (dimensions variable), 2018 Chotsani Elaine Dean

Coded Memory Quilt: ‘for Tuktuki and Matu, our time together in Jorhat, Assam’, Stoneware, Porcelain, Black Clay Slip, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 6’ x 5’.8” x 1.5” (dimensions variable), 2018 Chotsani Elaine Dean

Detail - Coded Memory Quilt: ‘for Tuktuki and Matu, our time together in Jorhat, Assam’, Stoneware, Porcelain, Black Clay Slip, Cone 04 Oxidation, Cone 6 Oxidation, Cone 10 Reduction, 6’ x 5’.8” x 1.5” (dimensions variable), 2018 Chotsani Elaine Dean

‘the prayer to and word from God, when Isabella Baumfree changec her name’ (c. 1979 - 1883), Stoneware, Porcelain Paper Clay, Silica Sand, Wire, 14" x 7.5" x 4.5", 2018

Detail - ‘the prayer to and word from God, when Isabella Baumfree changec her name’ (c. 1979 - 1883), Stoneware, Porcelain Paper Clay, Silica Sand, Wire, 14" x 7.5" x 4.5", 2018

Applique Memory Basket: ‘Maria W. Stewart born, Maria Miller (1803-79), 97 years later’
Ceramic, Stoneware, Porcelain, Paper Clay, Glass, Silica Sand, Wire, Cone 10 Reduction, Cone 6 Oxidation
18” x 18” x 6.5”

Detail - ‘the prayer to and word from God, when Isabella Baumfree changec her name’ (c. 1979 - 1883), Stoneware, Porcelain Paper Clay, Silica Sand, Wire, 14" x 7.5" x 4.5", 2018

Memory Cup series