{"id":1952,"date":"2024-12-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2024-12-06T21:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T21:22:45","slug":"nature-alights-on-cheerful-faces-in-abi-castillos-ceramic-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/nature-alights-on-cheerful-faces-in-abi-castillos-ceramic-sculptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature Alights on Cheerful Faces in Abi Castillo\u2019s Ceramic Sculptures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whether sprouting flowers for spectacles or summoning bluebirds, Abi Castillo<\/a>\u2019s playful characters mirror our inner selves, one another, and the world around us.<\/p>\n

“When I was little, they called me ‘Big Eyes,’ a name I received with pride, since it is an inheritance from my paternal grandmother, whom I barely knew but who stood out for her big eyes and powerful gaze,” Castillo (previously<\/a>) says in a statement. “Carrying this legacy makes me aware of the importance of knowing where I come from and where I belong.”<\/p>\n

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Through standalone sculptures and functional objects, Castillo emphasizes the act of seeing. Eyes are everywhere, looking back at the viewer as a reminder to reflect on what the artist describes as “this ephemeral, hectic, and hostile life.” She adds, “Each of my characters also holds a reflection of myself, of my connection with nature and of that little girl that I still carry inside…” <\/p>\n

Castillo is looking forward to moving to a larger studio soon, and she is currently busy making new sculptures, experimenting with different techniques to explore new shapes and formats, like jewelry. Find more on her website<\/a>, and stay up-to-date on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Whether sprouting flowers for spectacles or summoning bluebirds, Abi Castillo\u2019s playful characters mirror our inner selves, one another, and the world around us. “When I was little, they called me ‘Big Eyes,’ a name I received with pride, since it is an inheritance from my paternal grandmother, whom I barely knew but who stood out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1964,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions\/1964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}