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American,
b. 1961
Untitled
1998
Earthenware and terra sigillata
19.5 x 27.75 x 21.75 in. (49.53 x 70.485 x 55.245 cm)
Museum Purchase with the Charter Member Endowment Fund
1998.52
Dennise Gackstetter’s three-piece sculpture is a part of her 1998 MFA work at Utah State University with John Neely and is loosely based on the idea of cairns—stone structures as landmarks and memorials of solitude. Each piece has a very narrow window in its angular side. The red earthenware clay and mellow stonelike surface are coated in lavender terra sigillata and stains, giving the feeling that the surface has been handled so much that it is worn smooth. (Terra sigillata, meaning “sealed earth,” is a very smooth coating of clay that resembles a glaze and is virtually waterproof.) Gackstetter is primarily a ceramic sculptor and handbuilder, though she does also work on the wheel.
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