After Voulkos ring

I remember the first time I saw Peter Voulkos’s ceramic work. It was raw, sensual, almost violent. I was working as a painter, moving from portraiture into non-objective painting, and building up layers of paint on canvas that was almost sculptural in effect. Years later I find myself fascinated by polymer clay—the stuff of hobbyists and plumbers. A plastic that moves like clay. This ring is a tribute to Voulkos who planted the seed of imagination in my mind. It is made of thermoset polyvinyl chloride also known as polymer clay.