Oval Mod Vase

Carved Clay Sculptural Vase by Sue Shapiro Sue Shapiro began working with clay in 1976. She received a BFA in Ceramics from Massachusetts College of Art. After College Sue apprenticed with Master Potter, Michael Cohen in Amherst, MA and was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Apprentice Fellowship in Crafts Grant in 1981. In 1982 Sue established her first studio, SMS Pottery, in St. Petersburg, Florida. She began showing her work at local and national outdoor art shows. Within a few years she was represented by American Craft Galleries through out the United States. Sue’s clay work offers a combination of sculpture with function. She works with both terracotta clay and stoneware clay. Most of her work is hand built constructed from rolled out slabs of clay, occasionally she uses the Potter’s Wheel. Designs are incised in the clay and all glazes are hand painted Sue’s clay work reflects her interest in architecture and symmetry. Her forms are decorated with geometric patterns