Mary K. Seyfarth started working in ceramics in 1978 and the vessel has been her expression for the last 40 years.
I love the “fire arts” as I have worked in foundries making sculpture cast in bronze, iron and aluminum.
Recently, however, seeking a more direct process to create , I have been working with ephemeral materials. All of my owls, birds and one beaver are made out of paper, cardboard and wood. My FLOCK now numbers ten creatures.
My paper bag masks started as my costume for a Halloween party, 2019. Covid-19 invaded in 2020 and it was natural to transfer my idea of the bird to masks.
Masks are, for one purpose, protection but I created my masks to align with the theater. On the wall they are a drawing, worn over-the-head of a moving person the mask is animated.