Monthly Archives: April 2026

Plates as Portals: In the Studio with Salad Days Artist Torie Crouse

Torie shows me pictures of some of the first things they made out of clay: sculpted hands in the shapes of letters, a highly realistic face in terracotta. Both are accurate representations of the human body, molded with ease, and showcase Torie’s prowess for constructing objects in three dimensions. These first sculptures feel almost the… Read more »