Luminosity
Hand-painted with over-glaze enamels (gucai) and 24k Roman and German golds featuring an original arrowhead design signifying bravery shining out without doubt. This pieces is a “high” or imperial use of decoration in contrast to the earthy media expression of Earth Warrior. 7 firings include 5 low temperature electric firings of media on celadon reduction […]
Core Samples
Warrior Porcelain Plate
The crossed arrowhead icon in this piece signifies the natural bravery of the human spirit that is open and generous before fear, shining out without hesitation and doubt. The plate is gas reduction fired and painted with layering on of over-glaze media including gucai over-glaze enamels, 24k Roman and German golds and copper lustre; 7-8 […]
Hope
My former student, Jamaal Eversley, a painter, actor and community arts coordinator, invited me to collaborate with him for an exhibit with several of his artist friends called Real F.R.I.E.N.D.S., at the Beacon Gallery, Boston, this past September and October 2020. I met Jamaal at Babson College, when I ran the ceramic program for students […]
Core Samples
Conundrum and Obstruction
Suzanne Pemsler-Puppet Divas
For the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, and their exhibit “100 Years 100 Women” 50 artists were invited to create 2 portrait plates each, to commemorate this 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment giving women voting rights. Choosing 2 noteworthy performing artist friends, I created portrait plates of each: Viola da Gamba and Cello musician, Shirley Hunt; […]
Rare Momentum
My Della Rob-Baby
After an inspiring exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on Della Robbia’s work, in 2016, I tried to figure out how I might work in this Majolica technique. Having just become a grandmother, as you can see in this image. I painted a brown underglaze into the details. After bisque firing, majolica glaze […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 312
- 313
- 314
- 315
- 316
- …
- 370
- Next Page »