October 2025 -Marcey Buchakjian

Marcey writes: Over the last decades, I have explored diverse artmaking concepts and techniques - from bronze casting and ceramic sculpture, traditional oil painting portraits and landscapes. On occasion, I have experimented working in installation, using such oddities as: pet fur, human hair, and roughly a thousand crocheted doilies created by my Grandma.  Most recently, I have been learning how to “throw pots” and hand build with low-fire clay at both MudCity Clay and Clay Culture Studios. I am especially interested in the evocativeness of organic forms and textural objects - ginger roots and prickle pear, cactus fruit, seashells, and seed pods - and setting up imagined relationships between them. To me, they become couples and families.

I currently teach K-5 art to children at McClelland School, and am a mom to two funny, creative teens, who cheer me on.  My students and kids are my heart. They inspire me to take creative risks, play, and allow for ideas to evolve.

If you are interested in purchasing a piece of art, I can be reached at: olivebronze@gmail.com