5 November – 30 December 2021 This year more than 150 artists will contribute a massive array of eye-popping, affordable artworks to Radius Gallery’s 8th annual Holiday Show—making it a wonderful opportunity for collectors and gift-givers alike. New works will be introduced throughout the run of the show. Mark your Calendars! Nov 05 Exhibition opens (hopefully in-person…

Opening ONLINE on June 18th, 2021 at 10 AM CST Six of my Yunomis are available here: https://www.clayakar.com/collections/artist-melanie-sherman Definition of Yunomi (U-No-Me): A cup with a trimmed or turned foot, without a handle. Unlike the more formal Chawan tea bowl, which is used during the Japanese tea ceremony, the Yunomi is made for daily (or informal) tea drinking.…

Coffee / Tea Cup, green celadon, shino glaze, wood fired porcelain

This is probably the nicest review I have gotten on Etsy. I enjoyed reading this detailed description on how this customer thinks about a wood fired porcelain cup he bought. Selling these cups is always a little bittersweet for me, because there are not many left and I haven’t fired in an atmospheric kiln in…

An elegant way to wear porcelain! These porcelain “tokens” were decorated with a gold luster and then designed into rings, pendants, brooches, and earrings. I make these tokens on my travels around the globe, with local materials, and transform them into a wearable piece of art. These porcelain jewelry pieces are assembled by me here…

After applying #gold #luster and #chinapaint the last step is to apply decals on ceramic. Here I am using a Vintage decal with #blue and gold #flowers from England. —-> @potsinaction has been taken over by @louieseven.0 hosting a week of #piadecals – be sure to follow along on INSTAGRAM and tag your pots in…

I am re-visiting the cup again. It’s hard to transition from designing a flat surface to a round one. My budvases were designed to have as much surface as possible in order to decorate, so this form is a completely new challenge. I decided to take the ornamentation I use for the “Korsett” series and…