In the early 1980s we helped collect rock samples from the site, which were then analyzed to identify the iridium - rich clay layer that is now understood as the fallout from the impact of a comet or asteroid. (discovermagazine.com)
Most important but easily missed, there is also a group of ceramic vessels, decorously arranged on shelves near the door, that Shemesh made in between painting sessions using a Japanese process called Neriage (colored clays layered to build patterns in vessels). (hamptonsarthub.com)
Much like Ms. Murphy, Mr. Bas wins the day by balancing shapely compositions of bold color while simultaneously forging scrupulous details in his painting, as in the miniature brushstrokes in the still life painting within his painting, or the pungent smears of red clay layered upon this idealized artist's work apron. (observer.com)