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Rees Quinn Walker is a multidisciplinary craftsperson working primarily in ceramics and quilting, with a background in metals and glass. Originally from Seattle, WA, she is currently a Career Development Resident at The Clay Corner. Her work spans sculptural, functional, and wearable forms, exploring the intersections of materiality, memory, and imagination.

Artist Statement 

Living with Auditory Processing Disorder—where sounds are perceived and decoded differently—shapes how I engage with the world. My sensory experience is textured and nonlinear, drawing me toward objects and imagery as tools of communication, memory, and transformation.

My work often draws from folklore, dream logic, and childhood nostalgia, incorporating human-like features, repeating patterns, and second-hand materials. Metal functions as both structure and metaphor—repairing cracks, suggesting rust, or forming armatures that hold memory and transformation in tension. Themes of resilience, repair, and re-imagining the past emerge.

Influenced by phenomenology, I consider how sensory stimuli evoke memory and association. I invite viewers into speculative spaces where their own experiences shape meaning, completing a loop where personal memory meets material form. In this reciprocity, both object and viewer are transformed. My work asks: How can shifting our perception of objects—and the stories they carry—open pathways to more liberatory and transcendent experiences?

At its core, my practice explores how imagination and memory shape our emotional attachments to material forms. I create objects that feel alive—like relics from alternate realities or imagined futures—offering space for wonder, questioning, and reinvention. My aim is for my art to be an invitation to dream differently, remember playfully, and connect more deeply with the world around us.

Contact

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.

206-883-5200

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