This new body of work continues my interest in Flower Mountain mythology, a Uto-Aztecan after life that centers botany within spirit ritual. I became interested in the iconography of Flower Mountain presented in codices and wall drawings. I began to sketch my own formation of these plant images, thinking about their relationship with one another through smell. Each ceramic plate is meant to be activated with incense and candles that go inside of the flower forms. 

The plates are marble slip cast in natural tones that reference the sky, sunlight and flowers. As these ceramics began to emerge from the kiln they also declared their relationship to one another in forms of pairs, groups and families. Many of these plates have a partner or are part of a trio or are part of a larger family of plates based on color. These partnerships also relate to what kind institution or individuals will receive the plate. The largest family is made of three plates in three groups, each group of three will be embedded into the walls of an adobe brick monument I am building. Each monument is unique to the location just like each set of plates have their own color palette and in time their own rituals based on who visits the monument and how.