Tracy Shell Ceramics

Tracy shell my desire to create ceramic artwork is fueled by the responsive nature of clay.

Tracy shell ceramics.

As a maker of utilitarian pottery i feel it is a privilege to make work that will transform routine activities into aesthetic experiences. Currently slip cast porcelain cups and vases where to find her work. 1966 1968 teacher junior high school newburgh new york. 1970 2011 41 years.

How she found clay. They currently serve retail clients throughout the us and beyond. Tracy is chair of the art department at midland university in fremont. Ceramics in every genre.

Crafting ceramic sculpture functional pottery. Shell was a painting major at the university of montevallo in alabama. Come in and see over 30 local richmond area artists. 1944 born new york new york.

Jesse rosse and tracy shell author at ceramic arts network. Committed to the cultivation of a ceramics community in the heart of rva 4 4. Currently tracy is a studio potter at shockoe bottom clay. Ross is also the co op manager and ceramics technician at the union for contemporary art in omaha.

1966 bs art education state university of new york new paltz new york. Taiwan national university of the arts taiwan. Her intuitive process coaxes the clay into organic forms of seductive subtlety. Rochester institute of technology.

Ceramic artist what she makes. Rochester institute of technology mfa art. 1971 mfa ceramics school for the american craftsmen rochester institute of technology rochester new york. Compelled by porcelain s visceral beauty jesse creates ceramic tableware and architectural ornament designed to facilitate the clay s natural elegance.

While jesse s relationship with the clay and glaze is more coercive than cooperative tracy s forms and surfaces are the artifacts of an empathy for the material. The authors jesse ross and tracy shell launched clementine porcelain inc in 2012. Shell was professor of art and department chair at midland university in omaha nebraska from 2007 2018. The medium is extremely sensitive and faithfully records the most delicate touch.

Shell who teaches at vcu arts and the visual arts center of richmond shows new work in exhibitions at shockoe bottom clay where she is a studio artist.