P. Lyn Middleton works with clay. Handmade, one-of-a-kind, functional pottery was her main focus for many years. Simultaneously other ideas were surfacing that were more sculptural, form-making. In 2021, inspired by the possibility of an artist-in-residency at Taft Gardens, P.Lyn felt compelled to make rocks. During her residency at Taft and over the next year she made over 200. Rocks have always fascinated P. Lyn in their variety of forms, their very existence, stability, and primordial role. For her, this rock-making was beautifully ironic: a human using earth’s clay to make rocks, simulating Nature’s processes and adding a twist. Hollow and rattling, these rock forms are made in multiples, one becoming many, as rocks do. One becoming a mass. All are one.