Language Voyages

Early languages, many now long forgotten, are carved and glazed on these boat forms. They represent the foundations of valuable language systems and the the boat forms reflect the transport of languages back and forth between peoples. Communication was and is critical to commerce and human development.

Lost Messages
Pit fired stoneware, 11.6″ x 2.25″ x 4″
Lost Messages
view 2
Ohio Pictographs
Stoneware, 1.17″ x 10.2″ x 4″
Rongo Rongo
Maimeri Tablet Calendar
Glazed stoneware, 2.5″ x 14″ x 5.5″
Linear Elamite,
Glazed Stoneware
2.25″ x 13.5″ x 5.5″
Linear Elamite, view 2
Sumerian Pictographs 3000 BCE
Glazed stoneware with glass, 2.5″ x 14″ x 5.5″
Proto and Linear Elamite
Pit fired stoneware, 2.5″ x 11.5″ x4.75″
Nigerian Adira Cloth Signs
Colored Slip on stoneware, scraffito technique
Dark Blue 14″ x 2.5″ x 6.5″, Green 14.5 x 3″ x 6.5″, Light blue 13.5″ x 2″ x 5.75″