An auction favorite, Michele Quan has once again provided us with a wheel-thrown teardrop stoneware bell adorned with hand-painted "TAM" in matt black glaze. 

Tam is the seed syllable of Tara, the Bodhisattva of compassion and action. She is a protector who comes to relieve us of physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. "As Avalokiteshvara, the great compassionate one, looked upon the sorrows of the world, his tears formed a lake in which a lotus sprung up. When the lotus opened, the goddess Tara was revealed." The full mantra is OM TARA TUTTARE SVAHA.

Michele Quan is originally from Vancouver, Canada and moved to New York City in 1984 to study graphic design & photography at Parsons School of Design. For twelve years prior to embarking on her current medium of clay, she worked in metal and co-founded the NYC jewelry company Me&Ro. Her mixed media and ceramic work continues an ongoing pursuit to bring visual form to our internal landscape and locate the thread that connects us with the experience of the world we live. Michele works out of her studio in Brooklyn and lives in NYC with her husband, daughter and dog, Sparrow.

Details:

Assembled on hemp rope with a reclaimed wood knocker.

Made in NYC.

Measures approximately 10.5” Tall x 5” Wide.