Carol Sils
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b. 1944, Gary, Indiana
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2003-08 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006-07 Ceramic Annual, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
2006 Present Art XIII, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Currents: Contemporary California Clay, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
2005 Renwick Museum Studio Tours, Woodland Hills, CA
Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2004 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Showcase for opening of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Art Auction X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Echoes of the East, The Folk Tree Collection, Pasadena, CA
Americana, Decorative Arts Guild (DAG), Burbank, CA
Clay & Glass, Decorative Arts Guild (DAG), Burbank, CA
2002 Clay & Wood, Burbank Municipal Gallery, Burbank, CA
Ortega Design Studio, Beverly Hills, CA
2001 Art Furnishings Show, Pasadena, CA
Descanso Gardens Show, La Crescenta, CA
2000 California Clay, del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1999 Elle Décor Fiesta, Kim 3, West Hollywood, CA
1998 American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA
Kim 3, West Hollywood, CA
1997-06 Westweek, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
1996-07 Contemporary Craft Market Show, Santa Monica, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2005 Dona Z. Meilach, Teapots Makers & Collectors, Schiffer Publications, Ltd
2004 "Carol Duval Show", HGTV
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The metamorphosis of a lump of clay into controlled forms has long held my intense fascination. My collaboration with this plastic medium has disclosed those myriad of influential elements of design, color, form and philosophy, which issue forth during the making process, while the impact both of nature and of historical art on my aesthetic choices is revealed through my ever evolving body of work. I fire my own work and make my own glazes, which are thoughtfully chosen to enhance each piece individually.
Having spent four glorious years at school in southern Indiana, my love of the woods and the effect of sunlight filtering through the canopy of leaves on the colors of the forest, have enriched the surfaces of my own work. I have always appreciated the changing seasons and continue my “walks through the woods”, which for me has become a metaphor for the evolution of creative concepts and ideas, exploration, discovery and renewal.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2003-08 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006-07 Ceramic Annual, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
2006 Present Art XIII, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Currents: Contemporary California Clay, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
2005 Renwick Museum Studio Tours, Woodland Hills, CA
Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2004 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Showcase for opening of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Art Auction X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Echoes of the East, The Folk Tree Collection, Pasadena, CA
Americana, Decorative Arts Guild (DAG), Burbank, CA
Clay & Glass, Decorative Arts Guild (DAG), Burbank, CA
2002 Clay & Wood, Burbank Municipal Gallery, Burbank, CA
Ortega Design Studio, Beverly Hills, CA
2001 Art Furnishings Show, Pasadena, CA
Descanso Gardens Show, La Crescenta, CA
2000 California Clay, del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1999 Elle Décor Fiesta, Kim 3, West Hollywood, CA
1998 American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA
Kim 3, West Hollywood, CA
1997-06 Westweek, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
1996-07 Contemporary Craft Market Show, Santa Monica, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2005 Dona Z. Meilach, Teapots Makers & Collectors, Schiffer Publications, Ltd
2004 "Carol Duval Show", HGTV
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The metamorphosis of a lump of clay into controlled forms has long held my intense fascination. My collaboration with this plastic medium has disclosed those myriad of influential elements of design, color, form and philosophy, which issue forth during the making process, while the impact both of nature and of historical art on my aesthetic choices is revealed through my ever evolving body of work. I fire my own work and make my own glazes, which are thoughtfully chosen to enhance each piece individually.
Having spent four glorious years at school in southern Indiana, my love of the woods and the effect of sunlight filtering through the canopy of leaves on the colors of the forest, have enriched the surfaces of my own work. I have always appreciated the changing seasons and continue my “walks through the woods”, which for me has become a metaphor for the evolution of creative concepts and ideas, exploration, discovery and renewal.