Carolyn Hazel Drake

Portland, OR / Phoenix, AZ

The Skies are Cloudless and the River Waters Clear II, 2022, handbuilt stoneware, cotton, wool, found and altered objects dimensions variable

The Skies are Cloudless and the River Waters Clear I, 2022, handbuilt stoneware, cotton, wool, found and altered objects dimensions variable

The Skies are Cloudless and the River Waters Clear III, 2022, handbuilt stoneware, cotton, wool, rabbit fur, found and altered objects dimensions variable

The Skies are Cloudless and the River Waters Clear V, 2022, handbuilt stoneware, cotton, wool, found and altered objects dimensions variable

Fixed Stars (triptych), 2022, hand-dyed cotton, wool, thread, 14” x 36” x 1.5”

Fear Blanket, 2021, hand-dyed cotton, wool, thread, porcelain, underglaze, 34”x20” x1.5”

For Some Things There are no Wrong Seasons (I), 2021, handbuilt porcelain, smoke fired, with cotton, wool, found and altered objects, dimensions variable

For Some Things There are no Wrong Seasons (II), 2021, handbuilt porcelain, smoke fired, with cotton, wool, found and altered objects, dimensions variable

For Some Things There are no Wrong Seasons (III), 2021, handbuilt porcelain, smoke fired, with cotton, wool, found and altered objects, dimensions variable

Forget Me Nots, 2020, handbuilt porcelain, smoke fired, with cotton, wool, crushed walnut shells, and essential oil, dimensions variable

Biography

Carolyn Hazel Drake is a sculptor, arts educator, and third-generation Oregonian. Her work integrates textiles, ceramics, and domestic objects assembled and layered through traditional craft techniques and collage. Drake references devotional objects, archetypal imagery, and folktales to create work that feels familiar yet cryptic.

Drake studied Literature & Architecture at Portland State University’s Honors College and spent a term as a curatorial research & writing intern for the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She has an M.Ed. in Arts Education and was a longtime K-12 public educator and arts administrator in Oregon school districts. She has been awarded the GLEAN residency, the Leland Ironworks Residency, the Suttle Lodge Artist Residency, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology residency, and is an active participant in the annual Portland Textile Month. Her work has been shown at Guardino Gallery, Oregon Contemporary, Blackfish Gallery, Hanson Howard, and the Sitka Art Invitational.

Most recently, Drake joined the faculty of the School of Art at Arizona State University as an assistant teaching professor for art education. She divides her time between Phoenix, AZ and Portland, OR.

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www.carolynhazeldrake.com