Collection: Stephanie DeArmond

Stephanie DeArmond studied ceramics at the University of Colorado (Boulder), and has been making handmade ceramics for over twenty years. DeArmond’s work has been shown in many venues including the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (New York City), and the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), and in publications such as Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, and Elle Magazine. Using pinched slabs of porcelain, DeArmond carves into the surface of the clay and fills the lines with colored slip, centering craft and the object in her work. She is inspired by the beauty of wild plants and animals in the Minneapolis parks and natural areas near where she lives, and uses their imagery as metaphors for human conditions. DeArmond is fascinated by the connections and cycles of life made by insects, birds, and plants, and how humans can impact the environment and the tiny lives around us even if we cannot see them.