Selah Studios / Seeking the Road Less Travelled
“We are citizens of another kingdom—a kingdom not ruled by the tyranny of the urgent.”
-Adele Ahlberg Calhous
Slow Faith
Slow Art
Process as Practice
Selah Studios embraces the ethos of regeneration through contemplation and creating from a place of Rest.
Selah Studios + In_Not_Of_ Present:
VESSEL
Exploring concepts of embodiment and form in creation and the created. Featuring the clay work of Misha Farhoumand + Marja Pönkkä-Carpenter.
With contemplative photo installation, WITNESS, by in_not_of_ in the microgallery.
About the Clay Artists
Misha Farhoumand is a DC-based ceramic artist whose sculptural vessels are shaped by an ongoing dialogue between traditional techniques and intuitive process. She works primarily with coils— a handbuilding method practiced for millennia— that encourages a slow, rhythmic pace. Each coil is laid with care— slow, repetitive movements, allowing each vessel to emerge as a reflection of time, patience, and presence. Often organic in shape and finished in muted tones, her vessels reflect a focus on restraint, material honesty, and the natural world around us.
Originally from Finland, Marja Pönkkä-Carpenter came to the US and studied Art Education in DC. A former teacher with Filmore Arts Center, and member of the Washington Sculpture Group, Marja has shown her work around the DMV since the 1990s. The series on display, originally titled “Priest and Disciples,” utilizes the ancient amphora shape as a metaphor for our bodies as “containers,” vessels of spirit; each with a unique story that speaks to the human experience and all our bodies hold.