Shared Thoughts, 2025

Janina Myronova

stoneware, underglaze, hand formed and painted
7" W x 4 1/2" D x 13 1/4" H

This delightful sculpture features three heads stacked on top of one another, each with their own personality and sense of mischief. This piece highlights Janina's graphic line work and strategic use of color. The rich red clay body is the true star of the show, creating the skin tone for the three heads. Another figure is displayed on the back of the piece, a detail that encourages a 360 degree view and a fun sense of discovery. The tabletop size makes it a great fit in any home or collection.

Artist Statement

"My characters display a specific, distorted body perspective. The forms are a bit clunky, chubby, anatomically misshapen, marked with accents which double the characters or hybridize their silhouettes. Each sculpture is a different personality, a personal story, a graphic "novel" featuring my favorite motifs: images of family relationships, parent and child, partners, pets. My emotions are "scratched" into them, with a subtle hint towards humor. Wonder, anger, fear and joy are all present there. What also influences the emotional charge of the figures is the colour scheme of my sculptures, defining the characters and saturating their personal stories placed on the bodies and clothing. I emphasize their colouration by the black-and-white drawings in the background, constituting a backdrop to my stories."

Artist Biography:

Janina Myronova is a current Resident Artist at The Clay Studio. She earned her MFA from the Department of Ceramic Art at Lviv National Academy of Fine Arts (Lviv, Ukraine) in 2012, an MFA from the Department of Ceramics and Glass at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Wroclaw, Poland) in 2013, and her PhD from the Department of Ceramics and Glass at Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. Continually developing her work and practice, Myronova has attended numerous residencies including opportunities at the New Taipei Yingge Ceramics Museum (New Taipei, Taiwan), Clayarch Gimhae Museum (Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Lefebvre and Fils (Paris, France), the Polish Sculpture Centre (Oronsko, Poland), and the International Ceramic Research Center (Guldagergaard, Denmark), International Ceramic Studio (Kecskemet, Hungary), Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, United States) and Archie Bray Foundation (Helena, MT, United States).

Myronova also has artwork in numerous public museum collections including those at Crocker Art Museum, (Sacramento, USA), Porcelain Museum (Riga, Latvia), the Mark Rothko Art Center (Daugavpils, Latvia), Museu Cerà mica (Alcora, Spain), and the National Museums in both Wroclaw and Krakow (Poland), New Taipei Yingge Ceramics Museum (New Taipei, Taiwan).

Donated by the artist - Janina Myronova.

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Pop Culture, 2024

Kevin Snipes

porcelain, glaze

12" H x 6" W x 4" D

Dynamic, elevated, and animated-this piece by Kevin Snipes, one of the Clay Studio's very own resident artists, is a beautiful and eye-catching piece in the collection. Snipes' contemporary style contains a range of colors and intricate drawings of people, animals, and shapes covering the entire surface-providing a personality that is undeniably unique and hard to find anywhere else. This vase will never bore you and will always make for a fun and lively piece for the home.

This piece has a professional cold-finish repair at the joint between the body of the vessel and the front right foot due to a firing flaw.

Artist Biography

Kevin Snipes is an American visual artist whose works primarily consists of an interplay of narrative drawings and hand-built porcelain constructions. Along with his studio practice, Kevin has taught numerous workshops and has given lectures on topics such as creativity, art, and the construct of otherness. He was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He holds a BFA (1994) from the Cleveland Institute of Art and did graduate studies at the University of Florida (2003), in Gainesville, Florida. Kevin's work reflects his interest in understanding human behavior through psychological attributes such as attraction and repulsion, inner versus external identity and the relationship of the self and the other. Kevin's art embodies his role as a storyteller. He seeks to draw people into conversation through his art.

Artist Statement
My work is based in the combination of narrative imagery on hand built ceramic forms. But primarily I think of myself as a storyteller. The stories I tell are open-ended investigations of difference and otherness. They are ways in which I can explore the underlying emotional and psychological issues of discrimination. I am interested in what happens when people who are different come together. One aspect of my work is that the narratives I portray encompass different sides, so that every side of the piece is the front side, or protagonist. This said, my approach to working with these ideas is somewhat subversive. Both the intimate scale and the jewel-like surfaces that are hallmarks of my work are a sort of misdirection that the viewer must dig through to get to the kernel of the work. I've loved working this way because I believe that the viewers of my work are dynamically engaged enough to understand that there is a layer of social unease below the surface. I'm very interested in pushing the boundaries of my work in a direction that reveals more of unease below the surface.

Donated by Artist - Kevin Snipes

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Celia Feldberg and Ruth Easterbrook Collaboration

Garden Guardians, 2025

stoneware, slip, underglaze, and glaze

13" L x 9.62" W x 2.25" H

A picture-perfect pair of tigers prowl across the surface of this platter illustrated by Celia Feldberg, with a background covered in Ruth Easterbrook's signature glaze. The playful tigers and colorful flowers atop a dark glaze provide a joyous scene sure to capture the hearts of viewers no matter the age. The scalloped edge of the platter, and the hidden tigers on the sides, add a sense of fun and whimsy to this piece. Ready to hang; ready to inspire!

Another plate in this series is number 156 in the auction.

Artist(s) Statement

Celia Feldberg - I make earthenware pottery which I slip and sgraffito to tell stories. The illustrations draw on my personal experiences and affinities, chasing the quality of a memory with sensitive line work and soft colors. I strive for my pottery to be touchable and practical. These vessels give space for my drawings to be seen and engaged with often, and on many different occasions. One of the best parts of making this work is sharing it, as I love when people feel uplifted by the pieces and connect the narratives to their own experiences.

Ruth Easterbrook - Pottery is a living art in its ability to enhance our daily lives. My forms embody generosity and communicate utility that welcomes interaction. With sturdiness and thoughtful volume, my pots welcome being held, and lend themselves to continual use from the table, to the sink, and back again.

Artist(s) Biography

Celia Feldberg makes illustrated pottery, teaches, and maintains an active involvement at craft schools. She earned her BFA in ceramics from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2019. Her work has been featured by The Ceramic Shop, Pottery Making Illustrated, Tales of A Red Clay Rambler and The Potters Cast. Celia was the glaze technician for Ben Carter's Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors. She has exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Flower City Pottery Invitational, and in galleries across the country. Celia is currently based in Philadelphia where she is a long-term resident artist at The Clay Studio.

Ruth Easterbrook was born in Redwood Valley, California growing up with the hills as her playground. She graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in ceramics in 2007. In 2014 she began focusing on her career starting with a spring concentration class at Penland School of Craft (NC) and then spending extended time at Anderson Ranch Arts Center (CO) In 2019 Ruth earned her MFA in ceramics at Alfred University. Ruth aims for her pottery to be an active participant in the coming together of people, sharing, and the enjoyment of food. She designs her works with their primary functionality in mind using a range of techniques for each piece, from hand building and throwing on the wheel to mapping out her floral motifs with glazes to create surfaces with textures movement.

Donated by Artist(s)- Celia Feldberg and Ruth Easterbrook.

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Basket, 2024

Minah Kim

stoneware wall hanging

19.5" Diameter x 3.5" Depth

This beautiful piece by Resident Artist Minah Kim is a one-of-a-kind sculpture rooted in history and tradition. Basket is composed of the artist's petal forms, created by her fingerprints, and gracefully assembled to create a sokuri, a basket commonly found in Korean households. The gentle colors of natural grays, pinks, peaches, and greens blend together, evoking the gradual change between seasons or the blooming of flowers. This piece can hang on the wall or sit flat on a surface, making it the perfect addition to any space.

Artist Statement

My work simultaneously communicates physical gestures of the process of working and thinking about internalized memories. Internalized memories are sensorial and visceral. They come from sensing the construction of socio-political identities of myself and others as well as its fictional realities. I could only properly express this physical realization through motion, body gestures, nuance, and the way my works encounter others. Existing between the space of certainty and uncertainty, I search for works that activate encountered moments and actualize these nuances by creating and arranging a dialogue within the work. Ceramics and sound are ephemeral material in terms of reading their histories while also having strong tangibility and energy of survival.

Artist Biography

Minah Kim is from South Korea where she earned her BFA and MFA at Ewha Woman's University. She has currently completed her MFA at the University of Arkansas. Minah showed her pieces internationally including at Asia Contemporary Art show, China, The Clay Studio, PA, District Clay Gallery in D.C., Frankfurt Herbstmesse, Germany, and many others in South Korea including Seoul Art Center, Gimhae Clayarch Museum, Gyeomjae Jungsun Museum as well as completed artist in residence program at Anderson Ranch Art Center and Gimhae Clayarch Museum. She is a recipient of numerous grants and fellowship including NCECA (National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts) Multicultural Fellowship and Artist 360 by MAAA(Mid America Arts Alliance). Minah is a panelist of NWSA (National Women's Studies Association) and AAPI heritage discussion group of Northwest Arkansas. She was also MASS MoCA resident artist in winter 2021.

Donated by the Artist - Minah Kim.

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Interchangeable Still Life, 2025

Jeanne Blissett Robertson X Josephine Mette Larsen Artist Collaboration

stoneware

12" x 7" x 14.25"

Take home this unique collaboration by two of our Resident Artists. These three matte-black flower stems in a tiered vase are removable and meant to be reconfigured in different ways. This collaboration between combines Josephine's minimalist aesthetic with Jeanne's otherworldly plant forms, a unique and stunning addition to any collection!

Artist(s) Statement

{Josephine Mette Larsen} The physical process of creating ceramics holds a special place in my practice and heart. I believe in and deeply value this process. Thinking through the material, I receive and respond to the information at hand, which is revealed by the process. This essential push and pull between myself and the material is where my experience of being a craftsman is enriched - mentally and physically immersed in the process. I appreciate that the material I work with challenges me as much as I challenge it.

{Jeanne Blissett Robertson} I am a ceramic artist exploring the interaction and interconnectivity between nature, design, and human experience in the context of our current climate crisis. My works visualize incongruous relationships between organic forms and symbols/graphics that exemplify human design. Present in my work is a fluidity between what's man-made and what's from natural origin, putting into question how something is formed and how different timescales connect and interact with each other.

Artist(s) Biography

Jeanne Blissett Robertson graduated with an Honors BA in Sculpture & Environmental Art from Glasgow School of Art in 2015. Since then she has lived and worked internationally carrying out artist residencies in Abu Dhabi (Manarat Al Saadiyat), Mexico (Trapo Galeria), Edinburgh (Edinburgh Ceramics Workshop) and most recently Ullapool, Scotland (An Talla Solais). She recently received an Arts Council England grant, 'Developing Your Creative Practice', for a self-tailored ceramics training programme where she learnt from crafts people based in Scotland. Her activity included salt-glazing in Isle of Skye, making geological glazes with rocks from Assynt (world heritage site), foraging for clay and minerals, and multiple-part mould making for slip-casting. Alongside her practice, Robertson delivers experimental art workshops for people of all ages and abilities.

Josephine Mette Larsen is a Danish-American ceramicist, born and raised in the U.S. to a mother and father who immigrated from Denmark in the 90s. She has split her time between the U.S. and Europe, during her education and work experience within the field of ceramics. Larsen's education in ceramics reflects her bicultural background as she holds a BA in design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art in Denmark and an MFA in ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, USA. The specific context of Denmark, however, has been instrumental in the establishment of her artistic identity as it carries a long history of high quality craft and design. At the nucleus of Larsen's practice is a strong sense of craftsmanship.

Donated by the artist(s) - Jeanne Blissett Robertson & Josephine Mette Larsen

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"Look at me", 2025
Emotive Vase Series Set #4

Bradford Davis

stoneware, underglaze, glaze
14"H x 10"Diameter

These bright neon orange and teal blue vase complement each other so well that it's hard to resist! This set of vases are stunning in color and form, playing with the boundaries of conventional ceramic vases. Each vase reflects Davis' intricate and dynamic ceramic practice, as seen in the gentle swirls around their bodies with fun, looping handles that go against our expectations and conventions. This Emotive Vase Series Set is certainly playful and innocent, bringing a taste of a whimsy, joy, elegance, and boldness.

Artists Statement

My series of emotive vases personifies the vessel as a playful human form, with bodily curves, flailing handles, and vibrant solid colors that demand attention. Created to evoke joy, these works invite laughter, lightness, and reflection on the beauty of silly happiness.

Artist Biography

Bradford Davis is an award-winning multimedia artist who uses ceramics as the base matrix to express his feelings, emotions, and responses to his traumas and life experiences. As a retired Army Artillery Officer, he mines his journey of healing to feed his creative research. He mixes fibers, metal, and stained glass with wheel thrown ceramics; to explore the personification of the amphora vessel in its destruction, restoration, and rebirth. Davis received his MFA at Temple University's Tyler School of Art & Architecture and his BFA from the University of South Carolina, both with a focus in ceramics. He has been an Artist in Residence at Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan. His works have been shown internationally and can be found in the collection of the McKissick Museum. Bradford maintains a private studio in Downingtown, PA.

Donated by the Artist- Bradford Davis

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2 Longwood Gardens Tickets & Flower Sculpture

Sensing, 2024

Jeanne Blissett Robertson

Stoneware, luster, silk thread,
9.5" H x 9" W x 9"D

"A flower blossoms for its own joy." - Oscar Wilde

This beautiful, otherworldly flower by Resident Artist Jeanne Blissett Robertson is part of the artist's ongoing exploration into natural forms and our relationship to the environment. Tall and graceful, this matte black bloom is reminiscent of a lily with four layers of gracefully unfurling leaves. The sculpture is adorned with jewels that hang on fine strands of thread, delicate as a spider's web. Bring this stunning piece home and enjoy two tickets to Longwood Gardens! Wander through enchanting landscapes where botanical beauty flourishes around every corner.

Two General Admission Tickets to Longwood Gardens. See winning packet for details.

Artist Statement

I am a ceramic artist exploring the interaction and interconnectivity between nature, design, and human experience in the context of our current climate crisis. My project-based practice responds to different natural topics (usually site-specific to where I am working) such as coral in Abu Dhabi, Horse Mussel reefs, seasonal star constellations, and most recently metamorphic rocks. Works visualize incongruous relationships between organic forms and symbols/graphics that exemplify human design. Continuing this theme, I use a mixture of ceramic processes such as slip-casting, slab-building, hand-building, salt-glazing, and painting with matte underglazes, to juxtapose aesthetic styles. Present in my work is a fluidity between what's man-made and what's from natural origin, putting into question how something is formed and how different timescales connect and interact with each other.

Artist's Biography

Jeanne Blissett Robertson graduated with a BA Hons in Sculpture & Environmental Art from Glasgow School of Art in 2015. Since then she has lived and worked internationally carrying out artist residencies in Abu Dhabi (Manarat Al Saadiyat), Mexico (Trapo Galeria), Edinburgh (Edinburgh Ceramics Workshop) and most recently Ullapool, Scotland (An Talla Solais). She recently received an Arts Council England grant, 'Developing Your Creative Practice', for a self-tailored ceramics training program where she learnt from crafts people based in Scotland. Her activity included salt-glazing in Isle of Skye, making geological glazes with rocks from Assynt (world heritage site), foraging for clay and minerals, and multiple-part mould making for slip-casting. Recent exhibitions include 'To A Green Thought', DVAA, Philadelphia, 2022, 'Off-Kilter', Drill Hall, Edinburgh, 2021, and 'Running Parallel', Lewes Light Festival, 2020. Alongside her practice, Robertson delivers experimental art workshops for people of all ages and abilities.

Donated by the Artist - Jeanne Blissett Robertson & Longwood Gardens

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