Roberta Massuch
Deco Vase
2020
Ceramic, slip, glaze
13" x 8" x 8"

Gallery affiliation: The Clay Studio

About the work

This sculptural vessel is influenced by the Art Deco architecture of Miami Beach.

About the artist

Influenced heavily by the architecture of her surroundings, ceramicist Roberta Massuch (Philadelphia, PA) creates functional pottery, sculpture, and 2d artworks. Massuch received her BFA in ceramics from Northern Illinois University and her MFA from Louisiana State University. Teaching positions include The Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA), Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA), and the Community College of Philadelphia. She has participated in residencies at The Clay Studio, Tyler School of Art, Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Arquetopia Foundation (Puebla, MX). Her work has been exhibited at universities, institutions, galleries, and museums across the United States.

Constance McBride
Whisperers
2020
Ceramic
9.5" x 8" x 4"

Courtesy of Ivy Stone Studio

About the Work:

I use clay (a medium historically excluded from the fine art world) to investigate the aging process, a notion rejected by many and specifically linked to failure as it relates to women. Through unidealized female faces and figures, I explore themes of identity and memory. I hand build my pieces with stoneware and paper clay. Colorants including under glazes, stains, oxides and graphite are applied to a figure's surface to further magnify a countenance of grace and wisdom seen in senescent women.

About the Artist:

A native of Philadelphia, PA, Constance McBride's work explores themes of identity and memory with an emphasis being placed on issues most experienced by women. When residing in the Southwest, observations of the desert made a transformative impact on her practice. Her work has been supported by grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix Art Museum's Contemporary Forum, Philadelphia Sculptors and the Arts Aid PHL program. Museum exhibitions include Phoenix Art Museum and Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art in AZ, Las Cruces Museum of Art in NM, San Angelo Museum of Art in TX, The State Museum of Pennsylvania and Biggs Museum of American Art in DE. Notable gallery exhibitions include Craft Forms at Wayne Art Center and The Clay Studio National in PA and Beyond the Brickyard at Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in MT. McBride's work has received attention from several publications including Yahoo News, Visual Art Source, Philly Artblog, Philadelphia Stories, Schuylkill Valley Journal and the international platform Ceramics Now. She is actively involved with art communities in the Philadelphia metro area. McBride earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arcadia University, Glenside, PA.

Peter Cunicelli
Red Vase
2020
Brown stoneware
11" x 11" x 11"

About the work
My work is a reflection of my interest in contrast, the contrary, and opposition. It's as simple as my choice of a matte, monochrome outside contrasted with the mottled, multi-colored shiny glaze on the inside. The full, rounded, voluptuous sides are joined by clean, crisp lines. At one angle, a piece can be fluid, beautiful, and dignified. Turn it just a bit and the fluidity is stifled and it becomes awkward.

About the artist
Peter Cunicelli is a Philadelphia artist who has been working with clay since 2000. As a student at The Clay Studio, he discovered hand built vessels and soon began rolling out slabs of his own. During this time, he began developing forms by studying traditional thrown forms and cutting templates. He has experimented with a variety of glazes and techniques and has worked in Raku, wood fire, porcelain, paper clay, cassius bassalt and other stonewares. His current studio practice builds and expands upon the desire to create forms that push the boundaries of form that are balanced between the dramatic and the refined.

Frank Gaydos

Round and Round it goes.....
2018
Terra cotta clay
16" diameter

About the work

I enjoy making large platters that are from 16 to 24 inches in diameter.
They can be used as both functional objects and/or hung as decoration when not in use.

I consider the work as decorative objects intended to visually enhance their surroundings.

Lately I have been exploring color along with hand-made, self designed stencils.

It is exciting to see how the designs change from one phase to the next, drawing on the past, experimenting for the future.

Nicholas Kripal
Halving
1998
Terra cotta and pigments
30" x 20" x9"

FMV: $8,000

About the artist:

Nicholas Kripal (1953-2016), was the chair of the Crafts Department Tyler School of Art, Temple University, area head of the department's Ceramics Program, and Vice President of Crane Arts LLC, Philadelphia.

He was an artist who utilizes the ceramic medium as a source for sculptural installations, and he created work in the arena of site-specific/site-related installations that explore architectural iconography as a source for their format. These installations have been seen in Contemplations on the Spiritual Site Projects: Glasgow, Scotland (2001), Site Projects: Kristus Kircke, Cologne, Germany (2002), Site Projects: Sala Uno, Rome, Italy (2001), and Site Projects: The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC (2002). Along with sculptor Jeffrey Mongrain, he has created site installations for St. Patrick's Church, Indianapolis, IN (2004) and Corpus Christ Church, Baltimore, MD (2005). Solo exhibitions have included, Award Winners, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (2008), Museo Casa Principala, Vera Cruz, Mexico (2004), and Ceramic Sculpture: Eclipsing Process, Art Gallery, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (2003). Kripal was the recipient of a PEW Fellowship in the Arts, a Pollock-Krasner grant, and three Pennsylvania Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. He was also awarded Artist-in-Residency positions at the La Napoule Art Foundation, France and Art Park, Lewiston, NY.

InLiquid is working with the Estate to find homes for Nick's works. If you would like to learn more please contact saraz@inliquid.org.