Leah Raintree

Clearing is a series of ceramic drawings using found materials from Raintree’s childhood home on a small farm in rural Virginia. The materials are connected to cyclical rituals associated with working with the land, including clearing gardens and fields between seasons. Working with iris ash, wood ash glaze, and Virginia clay soil, the works are meditations on these seasonal patterns and the transition from winter to spring. | 2020, 4 ½ x 9” each, iris ash, wood ash glaze, Virginia clay soil on porcelain