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Lynda Hess Art

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  • Home
  • Lynda's Studio
    • Current Shows
    • In the Studio
  • Ceramics
    • Photo Gallery
    • Ceramics
    • Women's Issues
    • Face Factory
    • Chess Pieces
    • Marble Games
    • Early Work
    • Just For Fun
  • Projects
    • Installation
    • SOLI Project
  • Paintings
    • Painting Gallery
    • Essay by Marcia Morse
    • Breast Cancer
    • Pregnancy/ IVF
    • Samoa
    • Women's Issues
    • Large Canvases
    • Through The Years
  • Contact

Marble Games

Almost as soon as I first had clay in my hands I was drawn to make marble games. Adding a dimension of movement and interaction to ceramics was fun and fulfilling. Playing with these games is sometimes an end unto itself, a relaxation, a soothing sound, a repetition and sense of control and containment. Quickly, though, I saw its usefulness to expressing ideas like the thoughts and sounds that go around and around in your head, the way society channels and manipulates a person's outcomes based on their gender, or how viruses spread and how difficult it is to constrain them.  

Mind Games

Mind Games

$3500

16" x 17" x 20"

Mixed Media Ceramic

Mind Games is a metaphor for the thoughts that go through our heads. Some  bounce around endlessly, some lodge themselves places that stick, some go right through us. Marbles represent thoughts that pass through our head. There are multiple entrances and 3 potential exits. The figures in the inside the brain are Moody Blues resulting from stuck thoughts, those outside are the shadow figures of endless chatter. 

    corona my dreams

    Corona My Dreams

    11-1/4" x 9-3/4"x 11" 

    Ceramic with beads

    $1800


    Made early in the pandemic, Corona My Dreams mimics how Covid-19 spread. You put beads in any or all of the covid like receptacles on the head and they bounce around until finally coming out holes below where they are only contained successfully by a row of paper dolls wearing face masks. If they are contained they drop a further layer to be gathered in a dual reservoir  below. 


      marie (Marble Game)

      600

      7" x 7" x 11"

      Ceramic Mixed Media


      From the front a French style aristocrat, a marble sits at the top of her wig and when launched musically winds down in and out of her head, bouncing and swirling like her thoughts. Click image to view front in gallery.

      Double Marble Game

      475

      15-3/4" x 5-1/8" x 7"

      Raku


      Part drop marble game (no glass marbles) and part maze like drop, two marbles can start at opposite side of the top of this piece and race their way to the bottom, one inside and one outside. 

      Ear Worm

      300

      5-1/4" x 4-3/4" x 5-3/4"

      Ceramic with beads


      Ear Worm is about how songs get stuck in your head. They go around and around (like the sound of the inserted bead). An aural piece. 

      Feed Me Marble Game

      250

      9-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 9-3/4"

      Ceramic 


      There are various ways to play this drop marble game (no glass marbles). Up to 6 marbles can perch at the top to race, different outlets at the bottom can be valued or an attempt to accumulate in a specific reservoir can be the goal. 

      4 Way Marble Game

      75

      3-3/4" x 5-1/4" 

      Ceramic


      There are multiple ways to play this game. 4 beads start at cups the top and are flicked to  race or see where they come out.  Color coded. 


      Dingleberry and Ballyhoo

      75

      5-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 6" 

      Ceramic


      A double marble (no glass) race starts at the mouth of each character. Progress can be watched through the sides as they end up on the opposite side cups. 

      Perpetual Marble Game

      175

      3-1/4" x 6" 

      Ceramic


      This sitting game holds the potential to be endless as at the bottom of the spiral the work is gently flipped and manipulated to bring the marble back to the starting point. You can try a variety of marbles as some run faster or slower. Challenging! 

      Lace Penis Marble drop

      375

      11" x 6" x 4"

      Ceramic


      Marble (no glass) is inserted through top hole and bounces back and forth as it navigates the internal maze. There is only one bottom exit for the marble.

      Shoe Marble Run

      75

      4-3/4" x 4-1/4" x 10-1/8"

      Ceramic


      A marble is inserted through hole above heel to start and winds its was to the bottom of the toe. 

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