Ewer, 2003,
6 x 3 x 2.5", stoneware, soda- and post-fired
photographer: E.G. Schempf

"I am interested in the linear qualities of form, as if the process is about drawing three dimensionally. The objects I choose to make often reference a nostalgic feeling for a previous culture through surface treatment as well as specialized form. My work tends to be small and intimate and tactile."

- Jane Shellenbarger, 2003

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Education
1993 BFA Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1996 MRA Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL 1996-7 Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

Collections

Smithsonian Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

"Tossed Rhododendron", 2003
 17"h x 22"w x 14"d, steel, porcelain
photographer: Tim Barnwell

"Sherrill's forms represent a return to an organic romanticism.  These pieces are Zen-like meditations, observations of the beauty of nature's forms.  One piece mimics the curl of a leaf as it shrivels inward, another catches the thrust of a stem.

"Sherrill's artistry lies in his ability to not so much copy nature as reveal it.  These highly stylized pieces elicit a powerful response from viewers who have an almost compulsory urge to draw close and touch and hold them."

Excerpts from
Ceramics: Art and Perception No. 38, 1999,
"The Natural Response - The Secret Life Of Leaves", by Carrie Frye

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Education - Primarily Self Taught

Public Commissions
"New Growth", Bank of America, Charlotte, NC

Public Collections

The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
The Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
The Howard Hughes Foundation, Bethesda, MD
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
The Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
NCNB Building, Executive Quarters, Charlotte, NC
Smithsonian Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
The White House Craft Collection, Washington, DC

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| Jane Shellenbarger | Michael Sherrill |