This work is inspired by the Chinese mythological mother goddess, Nuwa 女媧, a human-headed, serpentine-bodied deity who created people by sculpting figures out of the earth and breathing life into them. In learning this mythology, I realized that the creator is a ceramicist, a maker, an artist. As artists, like Nuwa, we are creators - we have the agency and resilience to shape our environment as we want it to be; we can create new worlds.

The peach pits emanating from her body are inspired by a prominent symbol of prosperity and longevity in Chinese culture, the peach. Nuwa is planting seeds for an abundant future. The glazing color scheme—greens, browns, and yellows—references 'sancai,' the three color glazing associated with the Tang Dynasty.