Shoes are not just a wardrobe item, they are more than that. That's exactly what Gwen Murphy, a talented sculptor and master of children's fantasies, believes. Since childhood, she has seen shoes as more than just protection for her feet. Each pair had its own character and personality. As she grew up, Gwen Murphy did not forget her childhood fantasies, but instead began ...

Cristina Cordova is an American-born Puerto Rican sculptor working and living in Penland, North Carolina. Cristina Cordova received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. In 2002, she enrolled in a three-year artist residency programme at the Penland ...

Geoffrey Gorman is a practicing artist who creates his original sculptures from found material in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He shows his work throughout the United States and has also exhibited in China, South Korea, and Canada. Over the years, his unique sculptures have been written about in the New York Post, Southwest Art, American Craft, American Style, and Cloth, Paper, ...

Richard MacDonald is a contemporary figurative sculptor who has been making art for over fifty years, striving to convey every facet of the human experience in his work. Born in California, the sculptor has spent over 25 years creating works that have changed the modern understanding of figurative sculpture. Among his greatest achievements are historically significant public monuments, one of them a 26-foot bronze sculpture, The Flair,...

Handarty Korea 2023 will be held from 20-23 July 2023 at COEX Exhibition Centre, Seoul, South Korea. Handarty Korea is one of South Korea's leading consumer exhibitions for handicrafts. It aims to explore and cultivate artists and craftsmen who create handmade goods, and to promote their creativity globally over 4 ...

Marsha Schindler creates original works of art, particularly a series of ceramic sculptures, in her Sacramento art studio. Marsha Schindler is a foundations instructor at the California Institute of the Arts, Sacramento. She has taught subjects such as design fundamentals, observational drawing, colour theory, perspective, visual language and culture. Professor of Art for summer academic talent search summer programmes at Sacramento State University. Taught ...

Finnish sculptor Kim Simonsson's characters seem to have emerged from dreams and Scandinavian fairy tales. The artist is indeed inspired by local folklore, but just as much by popular culture and cinema. If you look closely, his characters wear modern backpacks and tape recorders, dress in teenage clothing, and hold books and plush toys in their hands. Ceramic sculptures of cute, big-eyed girls, animals and ...

Juliellen Byrne is a ceramic artist residing in Groveport, Ohio. She has been creating figurative, narrative-based ceramic works for over 40 years. In her work, Juliellen Byrne tells us stories from her fantasy world where fiction and reality are closely woven together. These human and animal forms have a precise relationship of pose and ...