Ceramica Botanica

Ceramic Botanicals

Roger Williams Park Botanical Center had a great exhibit, Ceramica Botanica, featuring various sized ceramic art from a gigantic Manscape to often difficult-to-locate gnomes in between plants. Jan and I visited the exhibit last Friday and managed to see it a few days before it closed.

Various Installations

The largest piece was Manscape, a gigantic ceramic piece covered with nature as if he was the Father Nature. In front of that was an extensive installation Amphitrite with a mermaid offering water in a shell to the little pony. On the pony was a little girl with a flower in hand and a bird on her shoulder. In the other room, large objects hanging from the rafters resembled giant pollens, thus I named them.

Along with these large and highly visible pieces, there were many medium-sized installations, small pieces scattered in between flowers sometimes easily missed.

It was like a dreamscape from fairy tales. For those of you who missed it, here are some views from the exhibit and surroundings that captured our attention. The first 12 are Jan’s photographs. They have new shows periodically.