Nest Nest, wood-fired porcelain, wood-fired blended mud-dauber clay, cardboard box •
2018, CraftTexas, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC), Houston, TX
Nest Nest is a mud dauber nest made of a mixture of lake clay & industrial clay that is nestled inside a porcelain box that is contained in an Orton cone box. The tiny insect nests designed to wrap around a body also bring to mind earthen architecture. After withstanding high-temperature wood-firing, the nests are placed inside a container inside another, like a reliquary.