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Beth Cavener Stichter: Extremes of Human Nature Explored through Hand-Built Stoneware Animals

Washington-based artist Beth Cavener Stichter
sculpts human-sized animals from clay and other materials in both
dramatically overt and subtly ambigous displays of emotion. Hung from
ropes or pinned to walls, the anthropomorphic sculptures are infused
with juxtapositions that depict the extremes of both human emotion and
animalistic behavior: predator and prey, love and hate, fear and peace.
“On the surface,” shares Stichter, “these figures are simply feral
animals suspended in a moment of tension.