Repair, an artwork by Lorna Stevens made from a broken ostrich egg mended with lacquer and sand using the Japanese tradition of kintsugi, which honors breakage and repair as part of an object’s history.

Repair, 2016, Ostrich egg, lacquer, sand, 6.5 x 5 inches
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Protect, an interactive artwork by Lorna Stevens featuring an ostrich egg surrounded by a ball of woven wire that viewers can move.

Protect, 2016, Ostrich egg, wire, 36 x 36 inches
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Clay Pigeon Passenger Pigeons, an artwork by Lorna Stevens featuring bird-like forms assembled from salvaged clay pigeon shards collected at a shooting range.

Clay Pigeon Passenger Pigeons, 2016, Salvaged clay pigeons, glue, 3 x 6 inches (dimensions variable)
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Snow Goddess, 2014, Ceramic, 8 x 4 x 4 inches
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Herd (gut), an artwork by Lorna Stevens featuring a herd of animal forms made from wishbones wrapped in gut and supported by pins.

Herd (gut), 2007, Wishbones, gut, pins, paint,
18 x 13 x 1.5 inches

Bound to Please #34, an artwork by Lorna Stevens pairing a Raku-fired ceramic foot with an embroidered shoe created for a person with bound feet.

Bound to Please #34, 2008, Raku fired ceramic and embroidered fabric, 4 x 4 x 2.25 inches each
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Cross Purposes, an artwork by Lorna Stevens featuring a glass house etched with the words “Mom was angry, Ben was sorry; Mom was sorry, Ben was sad,” exploring the parent-child relationship.

Cross Purposes, 2000, Glass and wood, 9 x 7.5 x 4 inches


Huia, an artwork by Lorna Stevens depicting female and male huia birds as sculptural forms made from charred sticks and wire.

Huia, Charred sticks and wire, 1999, 12 x 12 x 12 inches


Three works from the Bound to Please series by Lorna Stevens depicting bound feet in Raku-fired, iron-washed, and wood-fired ceramic.

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Bound to Please #1, 2000, Raku fired ceramic, 4 x 4.5 x 2 inches
Bound to Please #5, 2000, Ceramic with iron wash, 3.5 x 4.5 x 2 inches
Bound to Please #2, 2000, Wood fired ceramic, 1.75 x 3.75 x 1.75 inches


Bound to Please #23, an artwork by Lorna Stevens featuring two Raku-fired ceramic depictions of bound feet.

Bound to Please #23, 2005, Ceramic, 3 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches (each)


Tread, an artwork by Lorna Stevens made from a salvaged metal toy bank with a tire-tread pattern cut around its equator.

Tread, 2007, Salvaged metal bank , 4.75 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches


Waste, an artwork by Lorna Stevens made from a salvaged metal trashcan decorated with a world map, with a human face cut from its surface.

Waste, 2007, Salvaged metal, 13 x 11 x 7.25 inches


2000, an artwork by Lorna Stevens made from a salvaged globe with the outline of a human head cut from its surface, created to honor the new millennium.

2000, 1999, Salvaged globe, copper, stone, 10 x 7 x 4 inches


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