Kendall
Traylor
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Kendall
Work
→ Aggregate Bodies
→ Process
→ Shard Archive
→ Body Studies
→ Plantiful Undulation
→ Organic Fillers
About
→ bio
→ C/V
→ Revitalizing Clay
Shop
→ ReKlaymed:
100% Recycled Pottery
Contact
I work with clay as both a medium and an archive, creating terrazzo-speckled sculptures from recycled ceramic waste, paper, drywall, and other discarded materials collected from the community. Each embedded fragment holds the memory of its past life, like scars pressed into skin, turning fragile gestures and broken matter into enduring form. My practice is rooted in the labor of reclamation: slow, physical processes of breaking down, drying, pulverizing, and reforming thousands of pounds of waste into new clay bodies where traces remain visible as structural and conceptual markers.
The resulting works are not pristine; they carry seams, folds, and raw textures as evidence of transformation and care. Built through intuitive movements and bodily engagement, the forms echo the body itself: heavy, voluminous, unapologetic in scale. Emerging from walls, floors, and corners, they can appear parasitic or tender, refusing to shrink and insisting on presence.
By reclaiming materials and claiming space, I affirm the value of what has been overlooked or discarded. My work connects sustainability to memory, care, and embodiment, turning absence into presence, waste into value, and scars into monuments.
BiographyKendall Traylor was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She began working with clay at the age of sixteen. In 2022, Kendall received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and a Biomedical Illustration Certification from California State University, Long Beach. Following an international artist residency and lecture at The Pottery Workshop (2024) in Jingdezhen, China, she has continued to develop a material research practice centered on ceramic reclamation, bodily form, and material memory. In 2026, she received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University (ASU), where she received the Outstanding Graduate Award. She is currently a ceramics instructor and a Vocational Rehabilitation Job coach at SEEDs For Autism in Phoenix, AZ. Research grants Kendall has received include the Martin Wong Foundation (2023), Arizona Artists’ Guild (2023), and the ASU Changemaker Action Grant (2025). Kendall has exhibited work at the Harry Wood Gallery, the New School for Academics and Art (2024), the ASU Humanities Institute in Tempe, AZ, and the Shemer Art Center and Step Gallery in Phoenix, AZ. Her teaching and community work further extend her commitment to material care and accessibility in the ceramics field.