Marguerita Hagan

Small Platter - Speckled/Creme, 2026

Speckled clay, creme brûlée glaze. Bald Friar. From the Custom Pennsylvania & Neolithic Petroglyph Tableware collection.

11.5 x 8.25"

Artist Statement

What does light talk about? I asked a plant that once.
It said, 'I am not sure, but it makes me grow'
- Thomas Aquinas, 1225 - 1274

Oak trees know. Their roots graft into one flesh so they may share mutual sustenance, benefiting the community as a whole. When one tree is in need, the healthy ones direct their energy in support. This goes brilliantly macro with fungi, the underpins of the terrestrial realm. Their fiber optic-like mycelium likening a high speed internet connects life in the subterranean. Micro-marine organisms connect in exquisite mutually
beneficial systems or colonies in the ocean and provide over 50% of all oxygen for the planet. Rich diversity and reciprocal sharing fuel thriving communities and environments. This light-giving flow has enabled all life
to thrive for eons.

Inherent potential realized moves everything, even light itself. It certainly moves me. My work is a response to this light. The interdependent forms and projects grow in a continuous heliotropic adventure, energized with every opportunity and connection.

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