Terri Saulin
Oval Roemer I, 2024
Porcelain, luster glazes.

4.5 x 3 x 3

Artist Statement

In the "Shaker" spirit, I imagine a tiny wasp-worker making imaginary homes for important collections of most special memories. Saulin's process begins with cartography. The drawings and sculptures created are a visual "counterpoint" The layered information, produces an imagined, time-lapse view of a world. Inspired by the landscape of her urban garden, drawings become maps that document plant life,
fleeting shadows, secreted places where mantis eggs were found, caterpillars ate, and dragonflies landed. They map the cold feeling felt in between the discs of her spine as she lay on her back on a freezing night watching a Perseid Meteor shower.

Intricate ceramic constructions are three-dimensional memory maps. They are invisible cities, liminal urban planning, and love letters to treasured and influential authors, artists, musicians, friends, and family members. A mise en place of ingredients float between surface decoration and building blocks. They are carrots, onions and celery and they are meditations on the thousands of loops her mother made while crocheting piles of blankets, wondering what thoughts may have passed under the weight of each accumulated stitch.

Artist Bio

Terri Saulin received her MFA from the University of the Arts and her BFA from Moore College of Art and Design. She is a long time member and press coordinator for Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia and a Member/Supporter of The Clay Studio, CFEVA and In liquid Gallery, Philadelphia. She currently teaches a variety of Studio Art courses at The Agnes Irwin School, in Rosemont, PA. Terri is the owner of No. 5 Butchie Alley. No. 5 Butchie Alley is an outgrowth of Terri's studio. The space is secretly tucked away on a small easement in South Philly and opens into a garden of inspiration.

Donated By The Artist

https://www.terrisaulin.com/