Rachel Hadari
Brookline, Massachusetts
Website
www.rachelhadari.com
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Artist Statement
My work is born from the space between places—from the quiet ache of longing and the deep, unbreakable ties that bind us to family, lineage, history, and home. I hold the tension between geographies and disciplines, between what was and what remains. My journey from fashion design to ceramics was not a rupture but a return—an intimate conversation with material, form, and memory. I build slowly, by hand. Each figure I shape leans into another in unison, heads tilted toward each other, weight shared, presence felt, bodies pressed close. They do not stand alone but together, forming quiet architectures of belonging. The clay, sometimes raw and exposed, sometimes polished to a whisper of warmth, carries the weight of time and touch. But sometimes, within, gold glows softly, a quiet defiance, something precious endures. Photo credit: GNStudio, Boston.
Studio Description
A room of my own.
What type of clay do you use?
Lately: Standard 266 ( red at cone 04, dark brown at cone 6)
What temperature do you fire to?
Cone 6 or low fire
What is your primary forming method?
Handuilding: Pinching, coiling, box punching, patting, ribbing, hugging
What is your favorite surface treatment?
Smooth to death
What is your favorite thing about your studio?
The door
What’s on your current reading list?
Happiness by Aminata Forna
How do you recharge creatively?
Meditative walks
What challenges have you given yourself to overcome?
I challenged myself to have a show for my recent project, which I did at Cusp Gallery in Newport, Rhode Island
What did your first piece look like?
Moon jars
What ceramic superpower would you have and why?
Super arms
Why do you create art?
Telling my story better than words.
If you could change one property of clay, what would it be?
Nothing