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We are honored to share that our work has &nbsp;been selected for a Veteran Art Grant.&nbsp;This process of this <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: calc(18px * var(--body-fontSize, 1)); font-style: var(--body-fontStyle, normal);" data-mce-style="font-family: inherit; font-size: calc(18px * var(--body-fontSize, 1)); font-style: var(--body-fontStyle, normal);">body of work was not created merely as art objects, but as vessels of transformation. Each ceramic form, fused glass fragment, and hand-sculpted clay pieces details and &nbsp;represents the lived experiences of veterans and their families resilience under pressure, fracture and repair, memory, identity, and renewal.<figure id="figure-2bnsn02vdlmm2m0k2r"><img id="2bnsn02vdlmm2m0k2r" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/1bm7c2Zo32fNxiZnChu7N15C4V5bGpOe5Qmze9MbTauG7oSvKE7RZnSO3l36QXSD.png" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/1bm7c2Zo32fNxiZnChu7N15C4V5bGpOe5Qmze9MbTauG7oSvKE7RZnSO3l36QXSD.png" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure> Through imagination and symbolic sculptural elements, we explore what it means to move through adversity and emerge altered, &nbsp;not broken, but refined. The creative process itself becomes an act of integration: heat, tension, and reconstruction mirroring the human journey from service to civilian life.<figure id="figure-wv0mwgc5ygmm2m1ya8"><img id="wv0mwgc5ygmm2m1ya8" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/10b9OzpGLvQKT5947mvLFTUA0fIL7PwN82ruHnvEuCcPDMii8gJRRnL8e8sLDGH5.png" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: 50% 45%;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="1:1" data-caption="" data-positionx="50%" data-positiony="45%" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/10b9OzpGLvQKT5947mvLFTUA0fIL7PwN82ruHnvEuCcPDMii8gJRRnL8e8sLDGH5.png" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 1/1; object-position: 50% 45%;"></figure> This project honors strength without romanticizing struggle and affirms that healing is not passive . It is built, shaped, and forged.<figure id="figure-v4hk7kjp67mm2m4tbw"><img id="v4hk7kjp67mm2m4tbw" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/987CCl5TmzDWtr3SWkPivocr9OdUtXhHzP0MvElYAjkhaRYI9fIqR81NnAdV9GkJ.png" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionX="undefined" data-positionY="undefined" data-fullWidth="false"/></figure>* This project is supported by a grant given by the Washington State Arts Commission.&nbsp;

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