ceramic and metal $1100
“Social Distancing,” “Shelter in Place,” two phrases that no one used until Covid-19.
Our world went from a place of joy, laughter, creativity,
and social interaction to a place of isolation, fear, and uncertainty.
We hugged people. We hugged tons of people. Everyone we met, everyone we knew,
everyone with whom we interacted. It’s Maui! We’re huggers.
But that stopped when “Social Distancing” and “Shelter In Place” started.
Thinking about how many people who live here, live in close proximity to neighbors,
share a property, share a home, share an apartment, we now have learned how isolating
it is to be so close to our neighbors and have to physically stop
sharing our time and lives to save their and our lives.
In creating this artwork, we wanted to interpret people experiencing the isolation
by mere inches that now keeps them apart. A mere wall can become a continent.
We wanted to show the need to reach for human companionship in order to ease the loneliness.
So close and yet so far: We shall be close again.
Don Smith and I created the concepts, he created the iron and welding, and I did the ceramics.
