Lillian Pitt Ceramics

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Lillian pitt ceramics.

Her intentions are to honor her warm springs wasco and wishxam ancestors and their culture. The show will feature both functional ceramics and sculpture. Petroglyphs and pictographs are both important parts of the rich cultural heritage of the columbia river people. Artists come from montana idaho washington and oregon.

Lillian pitt born 1944 is a native american artist from the columbia river region of the pacific northwest her native american name is wak amu chosen because it represents a stubborn plant that won t let go of the earth referring to the long periods of time she spent wandering the hills during her childhood. The feel of it the touch of it the magic of what happens to it in a molecular way how water leaves it and how it changes its structure. Lillian pitt is a pacific northwest native american artist whose ancestors lived in and near the columbia river gorge. Pitt a native of wasco warmsprings yakama tribes is known nationally and internationally for her bronze and steel sculpture raku and anagama fired ceramic masks and shadow spirit totem images based on traditional symbols and spirits of her columbia river ancestors.

When back problems threatened her career as a hairdresser in the 1970s she began taking art classes at mount hood community college and took up ceramics initially making masks. An artist internationally known for her creative use of ceramics bronze and other materials pitt s inspiration comes from her wasco and yakima. Pitt s inspiration comes from art and culture of her ancestors who lived at the columbia river gorge. The feel of it the touch of it the magic of what happens to it in a molecular way how water leaves it and how it changes its structure.

Lillian pitt works with various media and materials but she is best known for her ceramic masks. Mar 19 2015 tribally inspired clay masks were just the beginning for lillian pitt. The focus of her work is on creating contemporary fine art pieces that delight today s art lovers and at the same time honor the history and legends of her people. Much of lillian pitt s work focuses on the ancient petroglyphs and pictographs that were carved and drawn by her ancestors in the columbia river gorge.

Petroglyphs are rock art engravings and pictographs are rock art paintings. Lillian pitt warm springs wasco and yakama was born on the warm springs reservation in 1943 and moved to portland in the early 1960s after graduating from madras high school. Pitt is primarily known for her sculpting and mixed media artistry which.