The ceramic shard sculpture "Poppy" sustains the beauty of a virbrant and brilliant but fleetingly blooming poppy flower. After the spring, through every season, the memory of the bloom is made present by this sculpture. By incorporating ceramic shards, whose texture, patterns, and images are juxtaposed; shapes are exposed. Rhythm and grace are found through unusual and playful uses of found and hand crafted objects. Fragments are united in a new order. Balance is restored from chaos. Meaning is sometimes intentionally elusive or ambiguous, but often evokes memories of the familiar.