Never Enough Time by Linda Lewis

This wall sculpture measures approximately 27.5" tall. Handmade by Linda Lewis in West Des Moines, Iowa. The clay sculptures Linda Lewis creates deal with common themes between people: love, parenthood, family and the search for fulfillment. Instead of focusing on the figure she tells the story through the use of facial expressions, the tilt of the head, the shifting of the stance, as well as the texture of the surface & the use of symbols. Titles are added to each piece to support the narrative of each piece: anything from 'The harassed housewife' to 'Daydreaming' to 'Just between us'. Her inspiration comes not only from her own life but from the stories of those she listens to in her everyday life. The pieces are slab built from clay with a combination of surface applications of glazes, slips, terra sigillatta, oxides and overglazes and multi fired to cone 04. Her unique glazing techniques causes crazing (or crackling) on the surface of the glaze. The overglaze is applied and sp