Domestic Markings, a ceramic installation by Kelly Jean Ohl, is part of Winona State University’s Faculty Exhibition 2004 that continues in Watkins Gallery through Nov. 18. Ohl describes the work: “Clay comes from the earth, and retains every mark we make upon it, where it is squeezed or pressed. I like to think of clay as a metaphor for our lives: we carry with us the influence of everyone who has touched our lives. My mother and grandmother were both talented women whose creativity was expressed through their cooking, needlework, and other handicrafts in the home. I have used their tools in an unconventional way to shape and texture these clay forms, in homage to their creative energies and their profound influences upon me.”