Wadsworth Atheneum ~ Divine Geometry Exhibit 

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     I visited the Divine Geometry exhibit held at the Wadsworth Atheneum on April 4th. This exhibit housed many versions of traditional Islamic artistry, for example hand created tile, hand made rugs, and even historical quran pages and stories. While exploring this exhibit something prevalent in my mind was the fact that art can be a universal language or universally understood. My favorite part of the exhibit was the video of potters making tiles from scratch. I was amazed by the different techniques they had from what I have learned in my pottery journey, and how long the process seemed. Starting with natural clay from the ground, to a formed leather-hard tile and into the kiln within the ground through multiple firings starting with a bisque and then a glaze so on and so forth. Then they took the glazed tiles and broke them into mosaic pieces and then places them in a square mold to create the final tile design. The most surprising aspect was how long this process seemed to take, it was inspiring. Additionally this made me realize that I may take advantage of how easy it is to get clay pre-made compared to gathering it out of the ground like these artest did for example. The discipline and patience these potters had was inspiring and I hope to adopt it within my own art journey.