The Language of Prayer explores cultural memory through language. The female torso is carved with the "Lord's Prayer" in Spanish down her center. In a raised text in the blue "fabric" are two other prayers, one in Hebrew and the other in Arabic. The use of these three languages refers to the time in the 16th century in Spain, when all three cultures and religions were living in relative harmony in southern Spain-the time when my ancestors were forced to convert or leave, bringing them to this part of the world. The Spanish text is partially obscured by the Hebrew and the Arabic, suggesting the dominence of the two cultures over the the center one, but the hot color or blood color of the center culture relates its importance. The raised lettering is accomplished by first throwing out a slab of wet clay, letting it dry and bit, then carving in the desired text in reverse. I fire that plate with text which makes it a type of template, from which I can apply wet clay and pull it back in the proper order and place it on the surface. These plates also function as another level of memory as all reproductions do- a memory of the original.