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Olivia Crooker

Multimedia, Sculpture, Photography, Process-driven

I intended to focus on my ceramic practice through playful experimentation to create something rooted in my personal experiences and memories. I also wanted to explore various alternative photo processes, such as lumen and phytogram printing, using found organic materials. My goal was to step away from the routines of my daily life to process creative thoughts to turn them into creative actions. Token: Picasso Room

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Residency

#4 Picasso Suite

May 3, 2026 – May 9, 2026

I started out my week taking a class at Illwaco Artworks, which set me off on an exciting creative wandering. We learned about using inclusion materials in raw clay to experiment how these materials may alter it through the firing process. This provided me with a process I could use to explore how place can affect an o…