Melissa Gonzales is a ceramic artist whose work reflects the tension between control and surrender. Through clay, she explores how anxiety and the pursuit of perfection shape both the maker and the material. Each vessel becomes a record of intention and release—where the hand’s search for order meets the clay’s quiet resistance. Rooted in geology and observation, her practice embraces imperfection as evidence of process, inviting a more honest dialogue with fragility, persistence, and the limits of control. She lives and works in the Pacific Northwest.
https://melissagonzales.org
Instagram: @melissa.gon
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