A dimensional Ceramic flower inspired by ocean plants with individually handcut petals arranged to create movement within the piece.

Anemone

Sugar bowl with lid, creamer and caddy. Decorative elements include organic sculpted embellishments and turquoise hand-painted, Indian inspired patterns.  Whimsical in nature. 

Tea Set For Maharani

Ceramic figure, pensively gazing upward, hands on his round belly, outfitted in his speckled blue jacket, red shirt, and yellow/green striped pants.

Waiting for Better Days

A soft alpaca made of red clay standing on 4 long triangular legs and a long triangular neck. the fur texture is made of swirls that have spikes coming out. the animal looks stoic and is embellished with blue, black and green glaze. it looks very enticing to touch. 

Social Distance 

Puppet Theater

Irregularly shaped stoneware vase with two spiral handles.  Textured, brightly colored surface evoking undersea, sea, sky and sun.

WavyVase

Ceramic piece made from slabs of clay, with lots of negative space. Glazed with yellows, orange, green, and black.

Flopsis

Tenuous Hold

Ceramic ink well type shape, small holes pierce through the top half. Long elegant iron-like scrolls extend up on the left side. Finished with a white washed type terra sigillata. 

Bud Vase

A porcelain square cast collage of the US flag.  The porcelain is cracked, the crack is filled with white resin.  Sits on a background of silicone and birch plywood.

Very White, Very Fragile #2

Swirled and detailed patterns of peach and gray tones create images that encourage imaginative interpretaion such as images of a cloud burst. These patterns reflect the random interactions of the minerals, smoke, and heat which occur in the  pit firing process. 

Pit Fired Bottle #12 Atmoshperic Wonder

A medium salad bowl made from clay and glazed half black, half yellow with an irregular bright green section through the middle.

Bowl

A Ceramic Box with an etched drawing of Dolly Parton. The top has the name "Dolly" etched in cursive. The other 3 sides feature a guitar, rainbows and flowers

Dolly Box

A loaf of bread made of earthenware clay, packaged in plastic and complete with use by date sticker.  This loaf of bread weighs 13 pounds.  

Loaf of Bread 

Two porcelain hand thrown bowls dialogue. Hand scribed glazed lines define shape, rhythm and story.

Scribed Storied Bowls

The dwarfed Statue of Liberty faces several tall bollards of the southern border wall construction

Untitled

This is a rounded blue jar made out of high-fire stoneware. It has 10 orange squares on one side stacked vertically in three rows: four in one row, three in the next and two in the next row. The jar has a lid with a thin nob to use as a handle to lift the lid off the jar. 

Blue Jar

This is a hand thrown platter with a hand drawn image of a cow head on it with a gold halo around it.The Halo is done in luster so it is very shiny and metallic in contrast to the black and white image of the cow and border. Around the border of the platter are clover plants. The cow is a holstein cow, black and white spotted and the style of drawing is a kind of cross hatched etching sort of look. 

Saints of the Barnyard: They Give Us Their Milk

A pair of Ikebana vases, designed to appear off-centered but balanced

Wabi Sabi Ikebana Vases

A blue/green oriental style dragon coils around a deep blue ball shaped jar.  Each scale, talon and detail carefully sculpted and applied one at a time. The frill around the face, the horns and teeth are covered in 22k gold. It holds in it's mouth another round ball covered in iridescent glaze.  This "pearl" mimics the ball the dragon encircles. The blue ball jar is also highlighted by some iridescence.  The jar comes open dividing the dragon just before the front legs.

Dragon Jar

BIANCA METAL RAT/Year of the Metal Rat 1/25/20

A sgraffito style white clay bow with a black inner surface. Vertical dragonflies adorn the outside of the bowl with colorful wings in blue and green and purple and red.

Dragonfly Bowl

A young boy plays Peak-a-boo on outdoor playground equipment.

Peak a Boo with Jack

The sculpture is a candle holder that can't hold a candle 

The Idea

A wood fired ceramic jar covered in googly eyes.

Googly Eye Jar

A teapot styled in a metallic and leather steampunk facade with straps, whirly-gigs, chains, ropes and gears.

Steampunk Teapot

A ceramic painting with abstract shapes that are white, pink, and orange on a pink panel. An orange textured shaped is underneath two white shapes and wraps around the left side of the painting. 

Invaders

A sculpture of a Black womans face. The texture is smooth from the acrylic paint. The back of the sculpture is flat. 

Face

Ceramic stoneware, wood fired sculpture. The piece resembles a bunny sitting in a relaxed and optimistic position. The back legs stretching out in front of the front, and ears are up high with alert and awareness.

Hitch

A silky red rose made of polymer clay and coated with a shimmering sheer gloss.

Anemone, 2018

Sharon Stillman