The work is composed of two large panels, each which measure 4' x 15', framed, and feature blue and green glazed, patterned, triangular tiles surrounding a path of red grout in which white egg-shaped forms are embedded.

[1] The blue and green triangular tiles are hand-rolled and slab-cut; a ceramic extruder was used to make the thin, raised dividers; and the white egg-shaped forms were thrown on a pottery wheel.

[1] Ryan conducted workshops with Eskenazi Midtown Community Mental Health Center, and participants helped to create the triangular tiles featured in the work.

[1] Of the installation, artist Tim Ryan explains: “Balance is an abstract work of art, intended to be visually interesting enough to invite a deeper look, finding personal patterns and significance.

A native of New Jersey, clay artist Tim Ryan received a BA in English from Seton Hall University and attended classes at New York’s Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education.