22 - If Dinosaurs Had Instagram with Chanakaran “Punch” Semachai

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Chanakaran “Punch” Semachai. She creates boldly colored and patterned vessels and sculptures of dinosaurs that poke fun at the human condition. In our first international interview, we talk about how isolation as a graduate student in the United States prompted her to develop her signature dinosaur characters, her “everything but the kitchen sink” attitude about color, and balancing humor and darkness in her scenes. We also discuss her funny titles as an expression of the human condition and the idea of dinosaurs navigating social media.

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