Clay is a versatile medium, used to design items as different as bowls, vases and freestanding sculpture. Ceramicist Jackie Head threw a little math into the mix to create yet another idea, the wall tile installations she titled “Amalgamations.” It’s all about repetition, pattern and geometry. “My work focuses on … complex systems found in nature,” she explains. “The colors employed help emphasize the relationship between positive and negative space created by the spacing of the tiles. Each piece uses multiples to connect and create a larger, resonating effect of infinity, suggesting an opportunity for the pieces to keep growing. Like a beehive, my work is compacted into the space provided, but has the ability to expand over any surface.”