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Alex Fowler

March 24, 2013, 5:23 am
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Alex Fowler






Personal
1975 Born in London
 
Education
1994-1995 Chelsea College of Art and Design (Foundation Course)
1995-1999 Edinburgh University MA (Hons.) History of Art
1999-2001 Heatherley’s School of Art (Two Year Diploma Portrait Painting)






 



Awards
2001   Awarded The Heatherley’s Prize
2001 Awarded New English Art Club Drawing Scholarship
2004 Elected Member of The New English Art Club
2008 Awarded Woodhay Gallery Prize (at the NEAC Annual Exhibition)
2008   Awarded The Arts Club Prize (at the NEAC Annual Exhibition)







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Susan Jane Walp

March 24, 2013, 6:15 am
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Susan Jane Walp



Education

1970  Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, Bachelor of Arts with Distinction and Honors in Painting
1968  Boston University School of Fine Arts at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA, Summer    
1969-71  New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, New York, NY    
1971  Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1972,79  Brooklyn College, MFA Program, Brooklyn, NY (degree not completed)








Awards

2009  Academy Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters; National Academician Membership, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2007  Bogliasco Fellowship in Painting, Liguria Study Center, Bogliasco, Italy
2006  Benjamin Altman Prize, 181st Annual Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2004   Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting
1988  Vermont Council on the Arts Grants for Individual Artists, Honorable Mention
1984  Art Director’s Club Award; American Institute of Graphic Arts Award; Society of Illustrators Award; American Illustration Award
1978  New York Creative Arts Public Service Program (CAPS) Fellowship
1977  National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1971  Barklie McKee Henry Memorial Scholarship, Skowhegan; Purchase Prize in Drawing, Skowhegan



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Erlend Tait

March 24, 2013, 6:29 am
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Erlend Tait


After graduating from art school (Drawing & Painting) I learned the ancient techniques of glass painting and staining while restoring windows in historic buildings throughout Scotland. This has informed my approach to painting, where pattern and symbolism combine.

While living in Edinburgh I played guitar in bands The Butch Numbers, and RAAR. In 2005 I returned to the Black Isle with my wife, the artist Pamela Tait, and now exhibit my drawings, paintings, and stained glass throughout Scotland.
 Erlend

EDUCATION

BA Hons. Fine Art (Drawing & Painting) - Gray's School of Art













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Aram Gershuni

March 24, 2013, 6:55 am
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Aram Gershuni


Born 1967

Lives and works in Tel-Aviv.

Aram Gershuni is Self-taught. He also studied privately with Israel Hershberg, and at
the Jerusalem Studio School (1997).

Aram Gershuni’s first one-man show took place at the Alon Segev Gallery in 2003.
His second one man show opened at the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art in 2009, and was
highly acclaimed. He has participated in many group shows in galleries and museums,
including the Tel-Aviv Museum of Fine Art and the Israel Museum.

Works by Aram Gershuni are included in many public and private collections in Israel
and abroad, including the collection of The Israel Museum, The Tel-Aviv Museum of
Art, and the Supreme Court of Israel.

Aram Gershuni has taught drawing and painting in many institutions in Israel,
including The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (1997-2004), the Jerusalem Studio
School (2004-2006), and “HaTahana” school in Tel-Aviv, which he co-founded, and
where he still teaches.

Aram Gershuni’s work has won many prestigious awards and scholarships.
















Prizes and Grants

1998 “Young Artists’ Prize”, the Ministry of Culture, Israel
1991 Scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation

Education

Self taught.
1997-1998 the Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem





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Nobuhito Nishigawara

March 24, 2013, 8:32 am
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An associate professor at Cal State Fullerton and a visiting faculty at UCLA, Nobu himself is a conglomeration of cultural influence. Born in Nagoya, Japan (1974), he received his B.F.A. at Kansas City Art Institute (MI) and his M.F.A at Arizona State University (AZ). Currently residing in Brea (CA).



Living in a melting pot of imported cultures and stimulants, my perception of aesthetic, value and self has become blurry. My work is an exploration about the blurry boundaries between reality and representation.  My studio practice goes through different contexts but there is a common unifying thread that has to do with reality, illusion, facade and objects to cast a notion of hybridity.   Contemporary popular culture not only reflects the attitudes and concerns of the present but also provides a link to the past. Many of the contemporary culture themes and styles of presentation can be traced to traditional art forms.  I am interested in balancing unexpected juxtapositions with fluid to present my identity within the hybrid culture.


Education

    born in Nagoya, Japan 1974

    MFA    2002    Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

    BFA    1999     Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO
















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Crystal Morey

March 24, 2013, 9:23 am
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Crystal Morey

Education:

2006

    BFA in Ceramics, California College of the Arts, Oakland California













I grew up in a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. Living so close to nature filled my early years with an appreciation for the natural world and gave me an understanding of plant and animal life cycles. I spent my free time swimming in the river, climbing trees, playing in the snow, and exploring and building forts out in the forest. These early experiences filled my life with joy, imagination, and a tendency for inward contemplation.

My experience of living in this place is what inspires my work today. I am interested in both how people are affected by their environment and how they effect the environment. I now live in Oakland, California and the urban landscape in my daily life is a stark contrast to the mountains and trees I grew up in. Our days are filled with so many modern amenities and I wonder if what we have is worth it. Today every action has a reaction we can see: in climate change, de-forestation, ocean acidity, and the hunting of animals. All of these actions are causing havoc and leading us to an unsustainable environment.

These are the ideas I keep in my mind when I am making sculpture. I am interested in the effects these difficult situations have on the human psyche and how we respond to them. I try to show the stresses in our cohabitation through making sculptures of humans, animals, the environment and the delicate dependencies we share.

Research plays a distinct role in the concepts behind my work. My research gives my work a starting point and a foundation that I am able to build upon. I try to create reinterpretations that are more relevant to the narrative I am trying to convey and find a way to really relate an idea with beauty and emotion.

I am interested in how human advancements in technology, agriculture, and urbanization have imposed stress on natural ecosystems and the species that live in them. Through my sculptures I try to humanize these ideas and present them in a way that is accessible, interesting, and conversation provoking.

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Kathy Waggoner - Kathleen Waggoner

March 24, 2013, 10:04 am
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Kathy Waggoner

"Kathleen Waggoner's emotionally charged imagery explores the physical manifestations of emotion and human behavior. Myths, identity and stereotypes are the issues that continue to define and support her work. The current series of seductively tactile life-size figures and heads are richly embellished with narrative fragments and intricate carving, a reflection of the artist’s intense interest in and respect for native cultures, indigenous art forms and design. These interests have collated and evolved into a single conceptual core for the series, the honoring and elevation of third-world women. Waggoner, whose work has been widely exhibited in California and across the United States, works out of Studio Channel Islands Art Center in Camarillo."










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Pamela Mummy

March 24, 2013, 11:23 am
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Pamela Mummy - sculpture and painting

Education

San Diego State University, B.A. Graphic Arts     Sculpting Workshop with Philippe Faraut


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Thea Penna

March 24, 2013, 2:51 pm
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Thea Penna 

I was born in Harlow, Essex, and after completing my Art Foundation course at Harlow college I moved to Wakefield for three years where I studied Surface Pattern Design at Bretton Hall college of Art (part of Leeds University), which I loved.  I was encouraged to use portraiture in my textile designs as I had such a passion for painting in this style.

After graduating with a First Class honours in 1997 I gained a place at The Royal College of Art, London, where I studied Printed Textiles for two years.  I have worked in design studios ever since.

Along side my textiles career I have worked on a variety of commissioned portraits and other figurative works for exhibitions around London. 

I currently live in the East End of London, Tower Hamlets, UK.

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Lisa Kaser

March 24, 2013, 6:22 pm
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Lisa Kaser


"I work in hand-stitched textiles and wet-method feltmaking, sculpture and narrative illustration.

Self-employed artist and illustrator"

"About

I was born in Portland, Oregon to a Canadian farmer's daughter and a local gentleman who liked to paint and draw cartoons. When I neared the age of independence, my father cried, "don't follow the path of the artist, you will surely starve!". That was all the incentive I needed, and I have lived the life of a happy creative for 28 years." ...

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Lin Hairong

March 25, 2013, 11:49 am
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Lin Hairong  - 林海容



Born in 1975, Lin Hairong graduated from Henan Normal University in 1999 and attained her MA from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2006.

As a winner of the prize for excellence in the Dragonair Emerging Artist Awards, Lin Hai Rong has been holding the increasing international limelight.  Lin Hairong’s paintings resonate with a profound sense of peace. The simplicity of her pure colour backgrounds, child-like figures, depicted in subdued tones, has been shown in a variety of forms that take influence from cultural-revolutionary imagery and other historical sources. Lin is a great admirer of ancient Chinese culture and attempts to evoke a sense of the contemplative calm that she feels whilst immersed in traditional literature and art. It is there that she finds her spiritual refuge from the clamour of contemporary China where life is transforming at a pace that is difficult to comprehend.

Lin’s world is full of gentle humour and delicate satire; her playfulness reveals itself through the staged countenance of her figures. When viewing Lin’s works, we are primarily struck by the gentle lyricism of her paintings, with their subtle humor, femininity and playfulness. This is precisely how Lin intends her artworks to be perceived. She does not intend to be brazenly critical but connect with people on a deeper level, encouraging sincere and prolonged contemplation, rather than bursts of indignation.

Completed in her fine, delicate painting technique, Lin’s compositions are devoid of any superfluous decoration and she manages to capture the serenity and harmony of life’s quiet moments; of which the tranquility is all too rare nowadays, as Lin put it, “too quick to change”.



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Shi Mohan

March 25, 2013, 1:12 pm
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Shi Mohan


Shi Mohan (b. 1983) was born in Shenyang, China and graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts.










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Jacquline Hurlbert

March 25, 2013, 2:04 pm
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Jacquline Hurlbert

artist’s statement


"It’s crazy out there. So I retreat to my inside world. The one where I can breathe and calm myself. Clay serves as the vehicle for my meditation; it speaks without words. Everything that I feel is automatically transferred to the clay through my hands. This is my voice, not heard but seen. I invite you to communicate with me through visual imagery, creating a dialogue between yourself and the work.

Oversized feet symbolize the strength to stand alone in the face of opposition. An admirable concept to believe in but not always an easy one to live by. I’m not just talking about the “big” issues of the day either, I’m talking about the decisions we make on a daily basis that define who we are and what we believe in. 

The figures with outstretched, exaggerated hands beckon you to step inside yourself. The hands are presenting and offering, a gift of personal insight.

Many of the figures are in costume; this reflects my ongoing investigation of the many personalities and attitudes that reside inside each one of us. I’m not the same person I was yesterday . . . and yet I am. I am changed by each new experience but yet the essence of who I am remains. I enjoy playing this game of cat and mouse with myself.

The clay speaks and I listen, this body of work is the result of that silent conversation."















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Cressida Campbell

March 25, 2013, 3:04 pm
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Cressida Campbell



Cressida Campbell (born 1960) is an Australian artist.

She was born in Sydney in 1960 to Ruth and Ross Campbell, her older sister is actress Nell Campbell. She studied at East Sydney Technical College in 1978 and 1979.

Having developed an interest in woodblock printing, Campbell studied in 1980 at the Yoshida Hanga Academy in Tokyo.

She exhibited in London in 2001 (when Germaine Greer introduced her at the opening) and 2003. As of 2006, her technique centers on painting her woodblocks in preparation for hand-printing with them.Margaret Preston is described as a strong influence on her.






























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Diane Hoeptner

March 25, 2013, 7:15 pm
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Diane Hoeptner


Diane Hoeptner's paintings feature poetic arrangements of flowers, fruit and sometimes her cats, Coco and Layla. Lush painterly transitions from light to shadow reveal solid forms that have an almost tactile appeal.   

She grew up in rural NE Ohio.  While majoring in graphic design at Kent State University she discovered that she was a failure at methods like press type and the use of an exacto blade. Subsequently a case of wanderlust coupled with a desire for sunshine and big city opportunities lead her to Los Angeles for what would be a 17 year stay.   She finished a BA in Studio Art at California State University , Northridge.  Upon graduation she enjoyed many years as an animator for video games and films. Her first year of fulltime painting resulted in numerous regional awards. Public collections that showcase Diane's paintings include Kohl's corporate offices, Obaji headquarters and the Cardinal Woods Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Ohio.  

Statement:  Since I started adding cats (and sparrow! and patterns!) to my paintings, I fear my artist statement regarding florals falls a little short, you can see that below.  I will post a refreshed artist statement once I've collected my thoughts on work to date.  

    "I am passionate about painting the floral still life.  There is comfort associated with this subject...  Painted flowers have an intimate and universal appeal.  I never stop feeling dazzled by the infinite variety of outcomes that can be achieved within the framework of still life painting.  Purely visual components like opposites on the color wheel or the passage of dark to light are easy springboards for my compositions.  Achieving a feeling of balance, abundance and harmony in my paintings is very important to me.  Flowers have an ethereal beauty that both reassures and revitalizes one's spirit.  As long as flowers spring from the earth and decorate our tabletops things can't be all bad, right?   Painting them is my way of feeling that sentiment and passing it on.  I admit to being influenced by the latest trends in interior design and fashion-- My secret inner design junkie must be constantly fed as well as challenged.  As I add more "props" like toys, figurines and fruit to my paintings the quotient for meaning and delight rises."    …Diane Hoeptner,  June, 2011












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Christy Keeney

March 26, 2013, 4:31 am
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Christy Keeney


"Christy Keeney studied ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London And he has also been commissioned by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi and HRH Prince of Wales.
His figurative ceramics is an investigation into the human condition, and his forms are stretched to the point where sculpture and drawing overlap.
After spending 17 years in London Christy Keeney returned to his native Donegal where he now lives and works. His Sculpted slab built heads and figures demonstrate a wonderful sence of draughtmanship as details are drawn into the wet clay surface."



















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Hanneke van den Bergh

March 26, 2013, 5:17 am
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Hanneke van den Bergh

"I  work with clay, wax en casting bronze. Simple figures en pre-historical sculptures inspires me. I started with figures like ancient mother figures, nowadays I still make simpel figures, mostly women."

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Johanna Louise van den Bergh
geboren te Eindhoven 1952
Opleiding:
Academie voor Beeldende Vorming te Amersfoort
Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten te Arnhem.
bronsgieten bij Loek Hambeukers

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Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong

March 26, 2013, 5:40 am
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Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong




"Gesture is what interests me. Body language is beguiling. Gesture naturally conveys movement but can also be passive or strident, playful or seductive, regal and proud. Gesture tells a story.

I come from a background in fashion photography, so gesture and form are essential elements in my ceramic sculpture. Much of my work is figurative, but sometimes I explore abstract or biomorphic territory and vessels with roots in organic matter take on an expressive human quality. I delight in this ambiguity, this duality, and this transformation.

Using porcelain, forms are thrown, cut apart, altered and reassembled using black slip. The surface is sponged off, dried, then sanded, to enhance the “stitched effect of the scored black lines. I use these lines in an illustrative effect and sometimes the lines can express meaning.

Some sculptures are methodically planned, while others flow spontaneously from within. I remain open-minded, responding to my materials and the evolution of the creative process, searching for the unexpected in a sculpture. My newest body of work is more conceptual in nature. Influenced by my life experiences as well as a global feminist perspective, I explore the emotions of relationships, conflict, love, and family."

Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong




SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS 

2012 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base inclusion,         Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Artist Fellowship Grant, CT Commission on Cultural & Tourism
2008 Carol Eisner Award for Best Sculpture, 59th Annual Art of the Northeast,
        Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT (Juror, Thom Collins,               Director, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY)
2008 “Emerging Artists: 10 Talents Turning Heads,” American Style, August              issue
2008 2nd Prize, The Paradox of Water, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT             (Juror, Mary Sabbatino, VP/Partner, Galerie LeLong, New York, NY)
2007 Selected Emerging Artist of 2007, Ceramics Monthly, May issue
2006 The Mollie and Albert Jacobsen Award for Sculpture, 57th Annual Art of           the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT (Juror, Ben         Barzune, Senior Associate, Knoedler and Company, New York, NY)
2005 Juried Artist Member of Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
2005 Selected Radius Emerging Artist, Curatorial Review and Exhibition,                 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2005 Second Prize: Sculpture, Spectrum, New Canaan Society for the Arts,             New Canaan, CT (Juror, Douglas K.S. Hyland, Director, New Britain                 Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT)
2003 Selected Winner, The Big Show, Westport Arts Center (Juror, Adam                 Weinberg, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY)


WORK EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION

1980 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1981-2000 Freelance Fashion Stylist/Editor, New York, NY
1987-1992 Parsons School of Design Continuing Studies, New York, NY
2000-2005 Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT
2009 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, ME
2003-present Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY








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Misha Malpica

March 26, 2013, 8:13 am
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Misha Malpica



I am a mixed media artist, living in the mountain town of Ruidoso, New Mexico. Enamored with the Southwest, my work focuses primarily on the people and the animals that live here. My color palette consists of warm, rich earth tones with a splash of turquoise or red. I've been sculpting in various mediums for over forty years and every creation is different. I create each sculpture one at a time and decorate them with feathers and vintage beads and other beautiful adornments. I can't help myself, I just love the beauty of an iridescent pheasant feather, the sparkle of an old bead, the design of a button. Threads and fibers, ribbons and fringe, I add each element to make the sculpture unique. Currently I am exploring clay. I am in love with the texture and versatility of clay. Holding my breath as I open the kiln, it's like Christmas morning! My studio is brimming with paints and stains and feathers and furs and beads and found objects. My inspiration surrounds me.

My theme for 2012 is the turquoise stone and the animals that the Native Americans held sacred, all creatures great and small. I will be creating horses, bears, wolves, ravens and other creatures They don't stay available long so check back often to see the latest from my studio.

Self taught in sculpture, Misha has been creating unique figures for over thirty years. Recognized for her incredible realistic sculptures of Native Americans worldwide, she continues to create breathtaking faces with haunting eyes and fascinating faces. Recently, Thunderbird Artists of Arizona presented Misha with the Mark Wroe Award of Excellence in Art. Misha has been the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 1993 Collector’s Award of Excellence in recognition for her Native American sculpture of Sacajawea.

Misha’s sculptures have also been featured in books and national magazine covers. Articles about her work have been included in Southwest Art, Ruidoso Lifestyles, Gateway Magazine, and featured artist in Wild West, February 2000. The September 2003 issue of New Mexico Magazine featured Misha’s sculptures in their art section. The July 2008 issue of Ruidoso magazine featured the latest body of new work from her studio including the “Little People”, contemporary figures in clay.

The Hubbard Museum of the American West awarded Misha “Best Artist “in 1998 and has included her work in many of their exhibits and shows. Misha’s sculptures have also been displayed at the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire and The Wenham Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. Misha was invited to decorate the White House Christmas tree with her unique sculptures in 1995 and her work is now included in the Permanent Collection of American Artists in Washington DC.

The El Paso International Airport and Museum of Art selected Misha’s sculptures for the exhibit titled” the Art Windows of El Paso. Misha’s work will be on display from May 30th through August 31st 2011.

The New Mexico Centennial Project recently selected Misha’s ceramic jewelry design for the special celebration beginning this year. Her work is represented by the Museum of New Mexico shops and New Mexico Creates.

Exploring new mediums, Misha is currently focusing on a collection of contemporary wall sculptures in high fired ceramic. Life size figures of women stand poised, as if they are about to speak. Masks painted with natural stains and pigments peer down. Ceramic figures of horses, ravens, Koshari and other mythological animals are decorated with found and unusual objects. Inspired by the contemporary glass artist, William Morris, Misha’s ceramic sculptures evoke images of primitive man and their lives.


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