A Wing and A Prayer, Ceramic Sculptures by Janine Echabarne

Janine titled her show ‘a wing and a prayer’ because it expresses her feeling that we are flying on one wing in a dangerous time. The bas relief pieces are like prayers or wishes for all people, everywhere, to enjoy basic human rights. These rights are to love who we want to love; the right to be safe and nurtured; the right to be joyful in expressions of our own making.  Janine has been an accomplished jeweler for many years.  Ceramics now give her another way to express her creativity. The sculptures begin as slabs of clay that are joined and pushed from the inside to make the form, which is then altered by adding or taking away clay to complete the idea.