JAMIE BATES
2017 Stoneware, paint, mixed media, powder coated steel 36.5"h x 14.5"w x 27"d When experiencing depression, it can be easier to live in the pain than to acknowledge the problem and find help .This figure looks to find comfort in the uncomfortable. She seems to have given up mid fight. At peace with defeat.
2019 Stoneware fired to Cone 2 oxidation, underglaze 34"h x 13"w x 7"d This is a piece about the constant back on forth on whether or not I want to become a mother. The desire comes in waves and I wonder if I will always remain without.
2018 Stoneware fired to Cone 2 oxidation, paint, powder coated steel 34"h x 13"w x 7"d This piece addresses facing the uncertainty of motherhood. I’m uncertain I can have a child. I am uncertain I want a child. I am uncertain I will be a good mother. The figure is in free fall, looking back at time lost. The soft "baby" pink is a nod to femininity and fertility and almost emits that "motherly" glow.
2017 Stoneware, paint, mixed media, powder coated steel 36.5"h x 14.5"w x 27"d When experiencing depression, it can be easier to live in the pain than to acknowledge the problem and find help .This figure looks to find comfort in the uncomfortable. She seems to have given up mid fight. At peace with defeat.