Laurie Shaman

Wall Plate: In the Same Breath
white stoneware clay; underglaze stains and glaze

Wall Tile: Head Studies
white stoneware clay; underglaze stains and glaze

Wall Tile: Dancers
white stoneware clay; underglaze stains and glaze

I create vessels and forms using slab-built techniques – these forms become the canvas for my evocative scenes of figures, nature, townscapes and animals.

The vases, vessels and wall pieces I make today evolved naturally from a strong foundation in producing utilitarian pottery, as well as creating works on paper with a variety of drawing techniques. Combining these once separate pursuits has been the main focus of my ceramic work; to merge the painted surface to three dimensional form. In each body of work I produce the sizes, shapes and contours vary, and suggest possibilities of embellishment and imagery.

The imagery, whether applied in a random or deliberate way, produces a kind of lyrical narrative involving a combination of animal, figure, landscape, or architectural elements.

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