Contemporary Ceramics from California to Japan

Schaller Gallery winter exhibitions

SCHALLER GALLERY showcases quality, functional ceramic vessels, representing nearly one hundred highly skilled professional potters from around the nation and overseas. All of the work is displayed in the gallery and is thoughtfully photographed and curated into a layout on the website at www.schallergallery.com - Worldwide professional shipping is available. You will want to hold these pieces in your hands, so visit soon!

December 22-January 14: Brilliance, a solo exhibition by Lana Wilson – Lana lives and works in Berkeley, California.  She has given over 85 workshops on handbuilding and has taught in Canada, Israel, New Zealand and South Africa. She has written a column for Clay Times magazine since 1996. Her work has been in over 185 shows and appears in fourteen books including both volumes of The Best of Pottery and Kathy Triplett's Handbuilt Ceramics and several of Robin Hopper's books.  A bright and colorful introduction to the New Year!

January 6-January 26: V, a small group exhibition including Shawn Ireland (Bakersville, North Carolina), Joe Singewald (Cold Spring, MN), M Joe Smith (Bloomfield Hills, MI), Tom and Jeff Unzicker (Kansas/Indiana) – Five makers that share the commonality of a solid and "woody" aesthetic, while expressing their own distinct voices quite clearly – and – New porcelain figurative vessels from Jude Jelfs of Gloucestershire, England.

January 14-February 2: Innovation in Convention, a solo exhibition by Masayuki Miyajima – Masayuki lives and works in Moshiko, Japan. He says, “The pottery that I make, I try to keep as simple as possible. The form and the function of the piece should be complemented by the surface. Whatever you feel from the piece and however you connect to it should come from within the piece itself. The combination of form, surface decoration, glaze and firing should all combine to make a piece that will cause you to react to the whole rather than to one specific aspect of the piece. My focus lies in making work that is strong and truly functions well. I want to try and make the best work that I can. By doing so and by having people use my work, it is a way to get a bit of art into people’s everyday lives.”

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Schaller Gallery
210 State Street
St. Joseph, MI