The Artery Menagerie
April 3–27
ArtAbout Reception:
Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM
Conference Extended Hours:
Friday, April 24, 6–9 PM
This exhibition explores the animal form as subject, symbol, and storyteller—whether real or imagined, domestic or wild. Through a diverse range of ceramic works, 20 participating artists from Northern California, bring creatures to life, revealing personality, narrative, and meaning embedded in clay.
An exhibition celebrating the art of ceramics, The Artery Menagerie coincides with the annual CCACA ceramic sculpture conference in Davis, held at the John Natsoulas Gallery (April 24–25).
Kathleen Bartl
Blaze 2026
Stoneware 5B w/5% grog. Slab construction. Mayco Stoneware satin glazes, along with biege glazes mixed with brown crystals and biege glazes mixes with white cyrstals. All Mayco high fire glazes.
20"H 14"W 11"D
$700
Frankie Hansbearry
Peace Crane 2025
Slab-built. Cone 5-6. Sgraffito. Underglazes
13 x 14 x 4"
$1100
Frankie Hansbearry
The Watched Dog 2024
Slab-built. Mid-range fired. Underglazes
14 x 10 x 5"
$960.00
Frankie Hansbearry
Quacker on Wheels 2025
Wall piece. Mid-range firing. Some slab-building. Underglazes
13 x 14 x 6"
$1100
Diana Greenleaf
Footloose 2024
B Mix clay, underglaze, cold finish
16"' x 10.5" x 2.5"
$1025
Diana Greenleaf
Chicks with Attitude 2025
4 chicks (3 pieces in the set), B Mix clay, terra sigillata and burnished 4" 'x 11 x 5"
$675
Diana Greenleaf
Roly Poly 2025
Ceramic, B Mix, terra sigillata and burnished, electric kiln.
9" x 15" x 12"
$1600
Jeff Taylor
Lunker #1
20”
$60.00
Jeff Taylor
Lunker #2
20”
$60.00
Jeff Taylor
Lunker #3
20”
$60.00
Jeff Taylor
Nest Egg
$180
Janine Echabarne
Frog House
Mid range clay fired to cone 6
15”d x 6”
$150 SOLD
Janine Echabarne
Potato Pig pots
Mid range clay fired to cone 6
17” x 13” x 6”
$250
Janine Echabarne
Dog
Mid range clay fired to cone 6
9” x 9”
$125
Cathie James Robinson
Elephant Fantasy
EM 347 White ware with grog clay low fired to 04 and 06 glaze.
8”x6 ”x 8-1/2” h
$400
Kathleen Bartl
Dudley 2026
Stoneware 5B w/5% grog. Slab construction. Both Float and Shino glazes accompanied with Stoneware satin. Fired at 6 high fire. All Mayco glazes.
18"H 8"W 6"D
$450
Paula Bellacera
Steampunk Owl 2026
Clay wall piece, slab and hand built, underglaze and glaze
11 x 9 x 1
$450
Paula Bellacera
Rolling Rhino 2026
Clay wall piece, slab and hand built, underglaze and glaze
9 x 10 x 1
$450
Paula Bellacera
Whale with a Friend 2026
Clay wall piece, slab and hand built, underglaze and glaze
11x14x1
$475
Carolyn Markis
Gaines, Loses and Hindsight 2025
Mid range clay white, pink porcelain, black clay, stains, glaze fired cone 5
11 x 7 x 14
$500
Carolyn Markis
Nora and Rupert 2025
Mid range clay with stain, glaze fired cone 5
14h x 11 x 6
$300
Jose M Pacheco
A Small Request 2026
Ceramic mouse, textured with green patina- with paws forward, almost like asking a question-
5H x 4W x 5D inches
$100
Jose M Pacheco
The Dapper Mouse 2026
Ceramic, green patina, looking dapper.
7H x 5W x 5D inches
$150
Jose M Pacheco
Twin Spirits of the Hare 2025
Ceramic, handbuilt, about duality, connection, twins, reflection-
14H x 5W x 8D inches
$300
Heidi Bekebrede
Cuteware Fairy/ Frog House
Lowfire, recycled stoneware clay that can be lit with a candle or fairy lights.
$700
Darrci Robertson
The Monkey in Disguise 2026
This is a wall piece made of clay and metal. Handbuilt using lowfire glazes. Fired to cone 06.
14 x8 x 4
$220.00
Magdalene Crivelli
A Tale to Tell
B mix without grog, Cone 3 Underglazes and slips.
$450
Ren Lee
Wild Boar Basket 2025
Back when I lived in the Texas Hill Country I had a violent encounter with a wild boar that totaled my car and impressed me with the scale and scope of mayhem these massive beasts can cause.* Now my karma is forever linked to some of that. *California has a massive, widespread population of 200,000 to 400,000 invasive wild hogs (hybrids of feral domestic pigs and European wild boar) across 56 of its 58 counties. They cause significant ecological and agricultural damage. Hunting is allowed year-round with no bag limit, requiring a license and tag.
20" x 8" x 11"
$2500
Kathleen Bartl
Rosie 2026
Pedestal piece. Stoneware 5B w/5% grog. Slab construction. Stoneware Mayco satin glazes and one Amaco underglaze with Amaco clean satin glaze.
13"H 10"W 8"D
$450 SOLD
Brigitte Chertok
Icebound Tenderness 2026
Raku, 2 pieces
$550 SOLD
Jeff Downing
Aurelia 2026
Ceramic stoneware with bronze glaze, metallic wax.
17" x 6" x 6"
$700
Jeff Downing
Fetchit 2025
Ceramic stoneware with slips and glazes
8" x 4.5" x 2.5"
$375
Jeff Downing
Doggery Keepsake 2025
Ceramic stoneware with slips and glazes (this is a box)
5" x 6" x 4.5"
$400
Kristi Ferrell
So Happy Together
Earthenware Cone 6
10 x 7 x 9
$120
Kristi Ferrell
Dragon’s Key to you Heart
Earthenware Cone 6
6 x 5 x 9.5
$85
Kristi Ferrell
Friends Hanging Out
Earthenware Cone 6
12 x 5 x 9
$95 SOLD
Alexis Moyer
The Chase $850
10 x 6 x 22
$750.00
Alexis Moyer
The Bacon Brothers 2025
Two pink pigs in a wooden cart. This is a pedestal piece. The pigs are coil built from stoneware clay and fired to cone 5. They were built to fit into the wooden wagon.
15w x 7d x 15h
$1100.00
Judy Catambay
Moon Sentinel 2025
Sculpture: hand-built paper clay, underglazes, low fire glazes
19” x 9” x 7”
$500
Judy Catambay
Border Wings 2025
Sculpture: hand-built paper clay, underglazes, low fire glazes
25” x 5” x 3”
$500
Melissa Woodburn
The Healer / The Sun 2025
Wall hanging, Bas relief sculpture, one of a series of oversized ceramic "Medicine Cards" or "Vision Cards." Low fire with glazes and under glazes. Depicts spirit guide (in this case a Papillon dog) under a healing sun.
10h x 8w x 2d"
$400
How to Shop this Exhibition
The Artery Menagerie
April 3–27
In Person
Enter The Artery and browse the exhibition.
When you’ve chosen an item, go to the front desk.
Tell the staff which piece(s) you wish to buy and pay at the desk.
The staff will record your name and phone number and will call you after the exhibition closes to remind you to collect your purchase.
By Phone
You can also purchase by phone. Call The Artery at 530-758-8330 and tell the desk artist which piece you wish to buy.
The Artery accepts all forms of payment; you may give your credit card number over the phone.
You can arrange shipping or pick-up after the show closes.