Susan Brooks
"Objects of Desire and Mirth"
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Showing June 28 - July 18, 2025
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“Objects of Desire and Mirth”
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One day out of nowhere on February 14, 2017, I remembered that there was a small amount of clay in my studio. As soon as I opened the bag and touched the clay a tiny figurine emerged. I felt calm and focused, something I had not been for quite a while after having recently lost my sister.
I was totally taken with the tiny anthropomorphic two sided figures that started populating my worktable. I decided I would make a thousand, and Objects of Desire and Mirth was born. I love the idea of non-identical multiples and creating a tiny, offbeat crowd of characters and creatures you have never seen.
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Though I am the maker of these objects, I often gaze at them as if I didn’t make them, and that I just randomly came upon them. I can’t believe they exist. To be totally honest, I’m completely in love with them. They bring me great satisfaction. They have become a conduit between me and others to tell stories of healing and loss, happiness, mirth and joy.
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On more than one occasion, making art has saved my sanity.
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In my everyday life, I run my art studio / gallery moving freely between jewelry, figurative painting, drawing and miniature ceramic sculpture, called Objects of Desire and Mirth, all with a strong visual crossover.
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You can see more of my work at my studio at the Sawtooth Building in Berkeley every Thursday and the first Saturday of the month and during special events.
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Susan Brooks
Berkeley CA
