Washington Art

1972-78


An opportunity is presented to create a personal visual narrative using a tactile vocabulary in clay starting with abstraction, moving through textured patterns towards a motif that is personified, characterized, and finalized with a molded anatomical personality, all existing within a single unit of ceramic sculpture.

Ben Sams

Principal

Wood Figure

This piece was discovered in the upper level of his barn after Sam's death.  Its human characeristics suggest that it is his work.