"The figures from my goddess series of sculptures and bowls are based on artifacts of female forms from many ancient cultures spanning twenty five millenia. I use images literal and abstract, appropriated or imagined, from artifacts found through travel to ancient sites as well as in books and museums from many diverse cultures.

Art and life were one and the same to these peoples. The sculptural figure often served as a dwelling place for ancestral spirits and the female figure represented the source and continuation of life. Contemporary cultures refer to these images as idols or goddesses. Perhaps they were, or perhaps early civilizations view of an all-powerful being was that of a woman. I choose to present these images in glass because of the illusive, mystical qualities of the material, suggesting a reality greater than we perceive."

Lucartha Kohler