Andreah Grove-Stayner
Blue Spruce Frasier Fir
Preformed slip mold ceramic tree hand-painted with custom colors, dry bushed white with iridescent glitter to reflect snow, and base wired with led lightbulb. I wanted to create a ceramic tree that reminded me of my childhood at Christmas time. My parents, sister, and I always went to a farm and picked a real tree. My mother loves Blue spruces and that is what we always brought home. Even though the mold that was used is a Fraser fir, not a spruce, combining the aqua and turquoise colors to the detailed Fraser fir mold captured the look of the blue spruce in my childhood memories.
Heart Spaces
The passing of my grandmother, Reah Jean Grove, inspired me to write this story. It is a tribute for all that she did for me and continues to teach me.