Robert Bennett is an artist and engineer living in Grass Valley, California. His sculptures strive to capture energy and emotion in a frozen moment. He is also working on a series of paintings of futuristic views through a monochrome lens. He guest-teaches sculpture at a local elementary school, and he has provided illustrations and sculptures for a number of local start-up companies.

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My whimsical slab clay sculptures are inspired by interesting people I meet and wonderful animals ranging in size from nine feet to twelve inches. I maintained a commercial studio for ten years in the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz, CA before relocating to Nevada City. I'm a resident ceramic artist at As If Studios in Grass Valley creating there and in my home studio in Nevada City.

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Deborah established a career in bronze classical figuration, then developed a line of cement garden sculpture that is currently being carried in art galleries across the U.S. These days Deborah is creating thought provoking ceramic figurative sculpture, teaching advanced sculpture, and running a studio that includes two apprentices.

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Commemorative Portrait Sculptor.

Figurative, metal, woodworking, pottery

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Faducci was developed in 2002 by the combined exploration of Solomon Bassoff and Domenica Mottarella. Their whimsical emotive sculptures have received enthusiastic acclaim and have been acquired for public art installations and private collections. Their creative interests are sparked by nature and influenced by the wildlife that surrounds their home in the Sierra foothills. They are experienced at creating artwork that celebrates the natural environment, while delighting and inspiring the viewer. They have accomplished this goal with installations at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA; Redding, CA; Natomas, CA; the Northwest Library in Oklahoma City; and most recently in Sunnyvale, CA.

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Dan Gobert is a self taught stone sculptor working with local river rock and slab remnants.

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I participate in the arts as both an artist and as an educator. My work centers around a variety of techniques using clay, and also as a woodfire artist and sculptor creating medium scale abstract form. I have recently founded an arts a space, the Indian Springs Art & Ceramic Center to promote the ceramic arts organize ceramics classes , exhibitions in the studio gallery, with workshop events for the public and firing events. Please see our website to arrange a tour or enroll in classes.

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I'm Marina Caliari and I'm Brazilian. I got my BFA in fine arts where I discovered ceramics. I attended a masters program in restoration of cultural heritage in Barcelona, Spain, specializing in Conservation of archaeological ceramics. In 2012 I fell in love with making ceramics all over again and I’ve been hand-building sculptural and functional work ever since. I love incorporating materials like wood and felt into my pieces. I’m inspired by all the women around me, nature, the ocean, how we represent our memories, and the relationships between people and their objects. I celebrate all things imperfect.

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An artist for over 40 years, I love all the possibilities clay has to offer. I mostly hand build or alter thrown pieces. I love textures and 2-tone glazes that accentuate them.

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After thirty plus years in clay, Ms. Montalbano has worked large and small but always with elegance and animation in her work. She believes that clay is the wave of the future and the link to the past. And the medium lends itself to play, contemplation and camaraderie. Her work is best described as sculptural vessels.

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I’ve been creating sculptural and functional art full time since 1993. I tend to play with the relations between animate and inanimate a good percentage of the time. My medium is primarily metal with glass, stone and wood introduced on occasion.

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Anything metal. I'm available for large or small commission and have several examples in Truckee. Specializing in kinetic sculpture.

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Working in the public realm, I have come to understand the ability of art to transform our relationship to our physical environment by evoking a sense of emotional-curiosity, beauty, whimsy and/or a desire for additional investigation. I’ve had the pleasure to serve on several community engaged, architectural design team projects throughout my career and in each case, the collaborative values expressed through the project team becomes a driving force in design development. Public art is the portal within our built environment through which we may discover a common sense of identity and connection with our physical surroundings.

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We are artists and craftspeople specializing in woodworking, welding, furniture fabrication, and the designing and building of unique spaces. Creating beautiful spaces because everyone deserves to be surrounded by beauty. We specialize in using high quality, unique and when appropriate reclaimed materials. Working closely with the client, understanding their needs to create functional, artistic pieces to enhance their space.

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