its mark mitchell
MARK MITCHELL is a ceramicist and fiber artist based in Tucson, Arizona.
His current work, Mark Mitchell Spaces, is high-fire ceramics for the home and the ground around it — the household objects of Inner Space and the hanging tree Charms — where beauty and utility double as protection.
Behind the clay stand the textiles that made his name: Burial, the funeral ensembles shown at the Frye Art Museum in 2013, and White Work, an ongoing series on racism and mass incarceration. Across every material, the concerns hold: queer survival, mourning, and craft as defiance.MARK MITCHELL SPACES
Original, other-worldly ceramics for the home and outdoor spaces, built by hand in Tucson; an INNER SPACE of one-of-a-kind lighting. planters, candlesticks and more, the CHARMS strung above, adding gentle sound and beauty to your outdoor spacesInner space
CHARMS
burial
BURIAL is a solo exhibition of nine hand-sewn funeral ensembles presented at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, in 2013. Created using hand-sewing techniques dating to the 1930s and 40s, each ensemble required hundreds of hours of work and was constructed entirely from biodegradable materials — silk, wood, cotton, and wool. Faculty and graduate students at the Fashion Institute of Technology described the garments as more detailed than couture. The work addressed AIDS, mourning, gender, and the politics of the body. One thousand people attended the opening night. A documentary film about the work screened at Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in 2013.