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Jeff Downing

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      • 2020 Aquametric Markers
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      • 2022 Tinderbox: Water in the West
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    • Marin Museum of Modern Art, Novato, California, 2020
    • Proyecto en Sitio, Morelia, Mexico, 2017
    • Mission Clay Arts and Industry Program, Phoenix, Arizona, 2010
    • Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 2006
    • Hui No’eau Art Center, Maui, Hawaii, 2003
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DROUGHT

“Terrametric Markers”
2017 | ceramic stoneware, tinted slips, glaze | variable, 12’ x  7’  each

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Three black and white striped ceramic spire forms modeled after coastal tide gages developed during an artist residency in Mexico. This image depicts the sculpture installed on a hillside, showing lake levels in the background. As the annual drought season approaches, the lake’s waters recede and document by the horizontal gage line on the sculpture.

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