Glaze Figurative Sculptures

Stephanie Lanter Title : "You" Materials : Porcelain, glaze, stoneware Date : 2019 Dimensions : 15" x 10" x 6" Description : Manually slip-trailed word sculpture on coil built pedestal Stephanie is an artist and educator working in clay, fiber, and various media. Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Emporia State University, she previously taught at Washburn University and Wichita State University. She has also been fortunate enough to be a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation, the LH Project, the Red Lodge Clay Center, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and the Mendocino Arts Center, and was the first Jentel/Archie Bray Foundation “Critic at the Bray.” Abstract, abstract art, contemporary art, ceramcs, porcelain, contemporary ceramics, mixed media, fine art, glaze, gold luster, abstract geometric, minimalism, contemporary fine art, ceramic artists, sculptural ceramics, hand-build porcelain, crocheted, Betty Woodman, Toshiko Takaezu, Richard T. Notkin, Tony Marsh, Eva Hesse, Lee Bontecou, Judith...

Artist : Stephanie Lanter Title : Why Won't You Materials : Porcelain, glaze, thread, enamel, wire Date : 2016 Dimensions : 15" x 17" x 12" Description : Manually slip-trailed & hand...

Title : meditation bowl inspired by a conch shell Materials : white earthenware, terra sigillata, oxides, glaze liner Date : 2016 Dimensions : 5 x 5 x 6 inches Description : Pinched for with pinkish beige terra sig outside and purple glaze on the inside with pooling due to multiple firings, layered glazes Alice Ballard - Artist Statement My art is a reflection of my relationship with natural forms. These forms come to me on walks, while I work in my garden, or appear as gifts from friends who share my fascination with the beauty inherent in Nature’s abundant variety of forms. It is often the metamorphosis of nature’s forms, as they change from season to season, that attracts me. I am endlessly drawn to that universal world in which differing life forms share similar qualities. I spend countless hours contemplating a particular form in order to feel its energy. It becomes a Zen-like connection not unlike a meditation. As an artist, I hope that those who choose to connect with my work can share some of the harmony and tranquility I feel through the creative process. Perhaps, at the very least, the viewer will give those small, often unnoticed forms in Nature a second glance. Alice R. Ballard. (born June 16, 1945, Florence, South Carolina) is an American ceramicist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Much of her work is characterized by the organic earthenware forms of closed containers...

Title : Marine Power Couple Materials : Stoneware, Glaze Date : 2016 Dimensions : 6"x 2"x 4" Each For the past several years, Keira Norton has been making sculptures depicting human...

Title : Tied Up Materials : Stoneware, Glaze, Paint, Leather Cord Date : 2016 Dimensions : 8"x 6"x 10" Description : A piece built in the round for the shelf or pedestal

Title : Beluga Boys Materials : Stoneware, Glaze Date : 2017 Dimensions : 11"x 7"x 6" and 6"x 7"x 12" Description : Kneeling and Reclining Beluga featured as a pair For the past sev...

Title : Reclining Beluga Materials : Stoneware, Glaze Date : 2017 Dimensions : 6"x 7"x 12" Description : A piece built in the round for the shelf or pedestal For the past several ye...

Title : Flower Monkey Waterfall Materials : Stoneware, Glaze Date : 2017 Dimensions : 11"x 2"x 7" Description : A piece for the wall For the past several years, Keira Norton has bee...