February Featured Artists
Alysha Hill, Didem Mert, Chris Singewald, Shumpei Yamaki Jewelry Spotlight: April D. Felipe
Richfield, MN
Alysha Hill
Alysha Hill is a born and raised Minnesotan. Currently, she serves as the community engagement manager at Northern Clay Center. Hill produces work as A Hill Studio from her home studio. She thoughtfully crafts small collections of whimsical utilitarian ceramics using locally-sourced clay. Her work is inspired by her surroundings, seasons, and change—spring to winter and vibrant to simplistic. She enjoys creating functional art that captures meaningful memories of special moments.
Sebastopol, CA
Didem Mert
Didem Mert (she/they) was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. Mert received their BFA in ceramics from Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights) in 2014 and MFA in ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Mert has exhibited nationally in over 40 venues. In 2018, she was honored as one of Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artists and was a summer resident at the Archie Bray Foundation. Mert currently lives between Sebastopol, CA and Burlington, KY and works as a full-time studio potter and workshop instructor.
Minneapolis, MN
Chris Singewald
Chris is a potter, clay studio director, and teaching artist living in Minneapolis, MN. His pottery is fired to 2350 degrees Fahrenheit in soda kilns and wood kilns. The atmosphere from these firing processes interacts with the pieces form and volume, resulting in unique surface variation for each piece. Singewald wants his pieces to invite contemplation and curiosity while using his pots.
West Branch, IA
Shumpei Yamaki
Shumpei Yamaki was born and raised in Kamakura, Japan and moved to Philadelphia in 1996 to study dance. Later, Yamaki was injured in an automobile accident and enrolled in a ceramics class as physical therapy for his arm. He discovered his passion for ceramics and learned traditional Japanese pottery techniques, wood-firing, and ways to rely on local resources during his apprenticeship under Richard Bresnahan. Yamaki now resides in Iowa where he combines his passions for dance and ceramics.
Albany, OH
April D. Felipe
April D. Felipe received her MFA in ceramics from Ohio University in Athens and her BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She is currently living in Albany, Ohio, where she holds her studio practice and teaches at community arts centers in her region. She is interested in the idea of adornment and the relationship between jewelry and the user. Felipe utilizes jewelry as a means to move through patterns and colors more freely. Felipe is a co-founder of The Color Network .org.
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Large Post Earrings
Vendor:April D. FelipeRegular price $55.00 USDRegular priceUnit price / perSale price $55.00 USD
















