Travelin’ Time

1991 Mount Vernon West (Harlem Line) Metro-North Railroad

Martha Jackson-Jarvis has experimented with the qualities of clay, glazes, and firing methods for most of her career and she welcomes the surprise and chance occurrences that are part of working with natural materials. In the words of the artist, "Conceptually, ‘Travelin' Time’ occupies transitional space. It is a space between points, a place of resting, of waiting, of new beginnings and departures. Though Mount Vernon station is indeed public space, it still remains an intimate space where human scale and pace are slowed momentarily. It is a space in which we are asked to wait . . . and while waiting contemplate traveling through time and space to distances unknown, yet familiar."