Ceramics
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Mary Martin
$230Title: Reciprocity II
Materials: Ceramic, low fire glaze
Dimensions: 5.5" x 9.5" x 5.5" Description of the Piece: Teapot
Artist Bio: Mary Martin's artwork has been exhibited nationally. Her artwork includes ceramic, collage, printmaking, metal, and glass mediums. She is a member of Women of Visions, Inc, a Pittsburgh based arts collective of African American women visual artists.
Artist Website: https://mary-martin-9koq.squarespace.com/
Artist Instagram: @marymartin_art
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Laura Jean McLaughlin
$600Title: "Bug Girl One Eyed Kitty Rid"
Materials: Porcelain Glaze and Underglaze Dimensions: 24" X 8" X 10"
Description of the Piece: Laura porcelain sgraffito vase with imagery of a flying one eyed kitty a girl on a bike with an allligator on her head and a girl with three leges holding a flower and a boy.
Artist Bio: Laura Jean Has created over 100 collaborative mosaic murals and installations. She was commissioned by the Andy Warhol museum to create a large tile mural depicting imagery paying homage to Julia, Andy Warhols mother for the exterior of the museum.
Artist Website: www.laurajeanmclaughlin.com
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Licia Lucas-Pfadt
$300Title: A Place to Put Songs
Materials: Porcelain, underglaze, clear glaze, gold luster
Dimensions: 6x16x16
Description of the Piece: The relationship between two bowls, basins of water and imperfections, still shines and plays a beautiful tone when gently tapped. Artist Bio: Licia Lucas-Pfadt currently lives in Kittanning, PA. Inspired by nature, she focusses on useful porcelain ceramic art. Licia received her BFA in Ceramics and Fibers from IUP, graduating Magna cum Laude in 1998.
Artist Website: www.littlejoygallery.com
Artist Instagram: @licialucaspfadt
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Tom Bartel
$100Title: Small Mouse Skull
Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: 3.5" x 3" x 3"
Description of the Piece: Small/handheld wall-mounted
Artist Bio: Tom Bartel is a ceramic sculptor who maintains a studio in Athens, Ohio, where he serves as Professor and Ceramics Chairperson at Ohio University. His works are constructed to refer to charged, stylized surrogates for the body.
Artist Website: https://www.tombartel.net/
Artist Instagram: @bartel_tom
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Mac Star McCusker
$100Title: 2 mugs
Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: 4.5" x 5" x 3"
Description of the Piece: Two decal mugs
Artist Bio: Mac McCusker is a ceramic artist in Pittsburgh, PA and is the studio manager at Union Project. He is an instructor and has taught classes and workshops around the country. Mac's work centers issues surrounding the LGBTQIA community.
Artist Website: www.macmccuskerceramics.com
Artist Instagram: @mac_art_ceramics
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Jill Birschbach
$105Title: Nebraska House
Materials: Dark Stoneware, Slip, Glaze, Decal
Dimensions: 3" x 3" x 2"
Description of the Piece: This piece is hand built with slabs of dark stoneware. It is a small house form with a hole on the back so it can be hung on the wall. The dark clay body was covered in white slip and then glazed. It is fired again to a lower temperature for the ceramic decal. The decal melts into the glaze surface and is permanently encased. I created the decal from a photograph I took when I lived in Nebraska.
Artist Bio: Jill has an MFA from the University of Nebraska. She has exhibited at AKAR Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, The Clay Studio, Contemporary Craft, Morean Center for Clay. Her studio is at Midwest Clay Guild in Skokie, IL.
Artist Website: www.jillbirschbach.com
Artist Instagram: @jillbirschbach
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Pam Berry/Kent Oaks Pottery
$80Title: A Single Tree
Materials: Stoneware and Glossy Glazes
Dimensions: 0.75"x 10.5'' x 7.25''
Description of the Piece: This slab built oval platter is hand painted with glossy glazes on tan speckled stoneware. Strips of bare clay separate the pattern of geometric shapes. It is microwave and dishwasher safe.
Artist Bio: Trying to enhance every day with something beautiful guides my work. From Gene Davis's stripes to the geometric forms of Bauhaus and Suprematism artists, I seek to embrace these aesthetics in functional pottery.
Artist Website: https://www.kentoakspottery.com/
Artist Instagram: @kentoakspottery
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Keith Kreeger
$90Title: Untitled
Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: 6" x 7" x 4"
Description of the Piece: A small, hand-built ceramic teapot with a rounded body and muted glaze, accented by a black handle and spout. This work reflects on artist's aesthetic through the formation and the glaze choices.
Artist Bio: Keith Kreeger is an artist and designer. Previously he had a studio and contemporary craft gallery on Cape Cod prior to moving to Austin. Keith's aesthetic comes from the singular idea that "objects matter," and his work reflects that simple phrase
Artist Website: https://keithkreeger.com/
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Terry Gess
$130Title: Untitled
Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5.5" x 11.25" x 3.5"
Description of the Piece: Ceramic vessel layered with porcelain laminated to the surface and fired in a salt kiln. This pottery is food safe, lead free, dishwasher and microwave safe.
Artist Bio: Terry Gess is a studio potter in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Terry was educated at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and Penland School of Crafts.
Artist Website: https://terrygesspottery.com/
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
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Brandon Boan
$325Title: Atomic Maintenance
Materials: Ceramic sculpture
Dimensions: 7" x 10" x 10"
Description of the Piece: Ceramic sculpture cast from Carnegie Museum of Art (CMoA)'s maintenance tools as part of the 2011 Pittsburgh Biennial at CMoA.
Artist Bio: Brandon Boan's work has been shown in galleries all over the world - Italy, Russia, Brazil, Sweden - and across the U.S., from Portland to Pittsburgh, where he co-founded Tip Type, an art and community focused linotype and letterpress-print studio.
Artist Website: https://www.brandonboan.com/
Sales tax will be charged on the final bid amount. Winner need not be present at the time of the auction closing. By placing a bid, you are agreeing to purchase the item at a price equal to your bid. If your bid is the highest bid you are agreeing to purchase the item at that price. You may then pick it up at Contemporary Craft in a timely manner, at no additional charge, or pay shipping and handling costs and any other fees or taxes necessary.
