Ceramic

Swept.  This impressive white porcelain vessel suggests fragility but radiates a calm sense of beauty.  Thanks to the artist's original casting process that incorporates fibreglass and involves multiple firings, it is incredibly fine but internally strong, 2019, 40 x 40  x 19cm/16 x 16 x 7.5". 

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Sanctuary, the controlled study of texture in the 25 porcelain torn-edged scrolls creates a deep resonance.  Wall-mounted on a rich, generous slab of live edge walnut, it changes the aesthetic atmosphere of its surrounding space.  52L x 8.5D x 21H in

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Bouquet bowl made with the nerikomi ceramic technique. 

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Striped bowl made with the nerikomi ceramic technique. 

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Two But Not Two III, 2020, handbuilt ceramic wall sculpture, 11 x 12 x 3 inches
Multi-fired stoneware finished with underglazes and glazes.

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Two But Not Two II, 2020, handbuilt ceramic wall sculpture, 18 x 11 x 4 inches.
Multi-fired stoneware finished with underglazes and glazes.

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Two But Not Two I, 2020, handbuilt ceramic wall sculpture, 13 x 9 x 8 inches. 
Multi-fired stoneware finished with underglazes and glazes.

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Red Winged Blackbirds Wreath.  This mixed-media ceramic sculpture measures 12
x 70 x 60 cm and can be installed on the wall or placed flat.
Six porcelain birds have been painted with underglazes and glazes and have wings of wood, cattails, seed pods.
This series initially developed for a solo 2016 Craft Ontario exhibition When Horses Walked on Water in Toronto.
The series explores nature and industrial development through bird imagery. Birds were native and abundant to the area before urban development and are a reflection on the environment before extensive human habitation and manipulation.

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A sophisticated pattern at play in this small and functional porcelain vessel made with the nerikomi  technique. 15 x 7 cm.

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Oblong vessel in a lively play of pink, purple and blue flowers on a white ground. A functional bowl made with the nerikomi ceramic technique. 33 x 13 x 8 cm.

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Medium bowl in the softest palette of pink and white flowers on a dusty rose ground. Made with the nerikomi ceramic technique. 30 x 11 cm.

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Mug with bird. Cone 6 porcelain finished with glazes and underglazes, and 4 inches approx. in diameter.

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Blue Canyon by Paula Murray is a multi-fired porcelain vessel with monumental presence. Its carefully controlled rifts and cracks are visible from afar as well as up close, 8 x 9.5 x 9.5".

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White Sheep. Erin Robertson creates her own glazes for her remarkably textured ceramic sculptures.  17 x 7 x 11"

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Black Sheep. Erin Robertson is an artist who works in various media.  Her ceramic sculptures are wonderfully life-like and call to mind her bronze public installation, Bellwether, created with Anna Williams for the Longfields Transit Station. (See 3rd image)

17 x 23 x 9 cm.

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Vase

Red stoneware vase that has been wheel thrown and wood fired to 1350c

12.5 x 5.5 x 6"

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Nurture, 2017

Shigaraki wood fire clay, porcelain, glaze, 18 x 10.5 x 13".

Coil hand-built and wheel thrown, Wood fired in Japan to 1280c

This piece was created at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan during a two-month residency supported by Canada Council for the Arts Travel Abroad grant.  It was twice fired in wood and gas kiln.  The molten feldspar beads on the surface is a well-known unique character of the local clay there.

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Gourd (Hulu) Series #7 2016

Stoneware, coil built and hand carved, wood fired to cone

11 x 12"

These pieces are results of the artist's ongoing series which draws inspirations from the gourd (hulu 葫芦), which Ancient Chinese regarded to be a symbol of prosperity and good luck as it is prolific in fruits and seeds. It is also believed to be a charm to ward off evil spirits and disease, as well as a symbol of longevity.

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Peace Study.  This porcelain wall sculpture hangs either vertically or horizontally. It's hanging structure is invisible so it floats effortlessly on the wall.  Each hand-formed porcelain arc is set into the matte resin backdrop. In a meditative dance, the artist  arranges the composition in the moment before it sets.  22 x 60"

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Shell, small-scale porcelain sculpture with significant presence for any room.  23cm approx.

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