Shana Angela Salaff
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thrown and altered porcelain, fired to cone 5 in oxidation

4" x 10" x 10"
2014

$175

My work runs the gamut between traditional or historically significant forms and inspirations and a more postmodern pastiche of style, colors, and decorative patterns. I see the items that I make as being useful “jewels” - shiny, small in stature, and made with as much care as possible. I love beauty and elegance as much as quirkiness and playfulness, and my vessels seek to allow the user to share my passions. Decoration versus content, beauty versus pragmatism; these are the dialectics that inform my work. My own struggles to carve out a personal identity as an artist are mirrored in the individual creative struggle encountered while producing each piece.