Perseverance
I was fascinated by the Perseverance rover when it went to Mars and couldn’t stop thinking about it. So my solution was to make it so I could touch every part of it.
I thought it was funny to make it out of clay, because clay is basically earth.
I get deeply sad when I think about the rover dying on Mars and being there forever- although I do like to imaging it being discovered far far in the future.
Perseverance
2021
unglazed ceramic
6’ W x 8’ L x 5’ H
gratitude room
Gratitude Room is a dollhouse I made over many years when I didn’t have a studio. I made it piece by piece in breaks at work.
It is mostly all hand built ceramic (down to the tiles, etc. ) but there are also a few objects taken from my old dollhouse.
When it got down to making the final room I had no idea what the room would become. I put the project on hold for a long time. Then, I went through a bunch of shitty stuff but came out of that period with so much gratitude and so I decided the final room would be a “gratitude room”.
Gratitude Room;
2019
glazed porcelain, epoxy clay, yarn, pieces from a Trendmaster Starcastle,
used Band-Aid, acorns, Legos, glow in the dark rocks, dried flowers;
32 H x 22 D x 25 W inch
Mira Putnam is an artist based in Ridgewood and Brooklyn, NY. You may find more on her website.