Christy’s family moved to Hawai’i before it became a state. “Hualani was the name of our street and no one in our neighborhood could tell us what the word hualani meant. There was no one who could speak or understand Hawaiian… Hawai’i is a place of great physical beauty, but what Hawai’i really means to me is its multi-faceted culture. It’s wonderful to live in a place with a culture that is alive and growing especially after that culture has been so close to dying out.”
Christy’s ceramic vessels have a sense of being treasures from the past. Her work is often inspired by dream images. The creative processes – the tactile and technical aspects of creating with clay – inspire her more than the finished pieces. Her technique includes imprinting the clay surface with all manner of found objects. Although the surface is often covered with writing and illustration, these create an interesting surface with no intention for the surface to be ‘readable’.
“I like the idea that, three thousand years from now, someone finding a shard of my work might slip it into their pocket simply because, like finding an old, foreign coin or medal, they find it intriguing.”
