The Artery Menagerie is in conjunction with CCACA, the ceramic sculpture conference at the Natsoulas Gallery.
The invitational exhibit of animal sculptures features twenty-eight Northern California ceramic artists. Many of these artists competed in our previous California Clay Competition.
Wesley Wright, a speaker at the CCACA, is also represented in the show.
1. Pat Kozis
The Temptress
$1,499
Handbuilt, Cone 5 electric fired
20"L x 6"W x 6"H
2. Melissa Woodburn
The Good Mother
$1,500
Hand built, low fire ceramic with glazes
19"h x 12" x 8"
3. Melissa Woodburn
Boxbin Hares
$1,500
Hand built low fire ceramic with glazes
19"h x 28" x 5"
4. Diana Greenleaf
Reach
$1,200
Clay, underglaze, cold finish
8" x 16" x 10"
5. Paula Swayne
Uh Oh!
$500
Clay, solid build
16" x 12" x 12"
6. Kathleen Bartl
HEAVY
$900
Stoneware slab construction. All hollow
20"H x 20" W x 13"D
7. Sandy Whetstone
Fetch
$ 325
Raku-fired ceramic
6" x 12" x 2.5"
8. Nadia Tarzi-Saccardi
New Beginnings
$2,500
Coil-built BMix clay vessel, black underglaze sgraffito, glaze. Sculpted Porcelain dragon with white crackle glaze, luster, and crystal ball.
24"H x 12"W x 13"
9. Geraldine Gunyun
Pressed Duck
$300
Hand built low fire clay and glaze, stamped design and luster detail
15" x 7" x 4"
10. Janine Echabarne
Take Your Dog to School Day
$300
Sculpture Clay, slab built, cone 6 electric
10" x 10" x 4"
11. Alexis Moyer
Rascal Raccoons
$1,500
Coil built stoneware fired to cone 5 in an electric kiln. Found object teapot
17"w x 15"d x 12.5"h
12. Judy Catambay
Silent Currents
$1,000
Paper clay, hand built, low fire glazes and underglazes
16" x 13" x 4"
13. Jean Potts
Pound turtle with hitch hiker
$785
Pinched construction fired in cone 6 oxidation using underglazes and glaze over
15" x 6"
14. Janine Echabarne
Beach Stone Creature
$450
Sculpture clay, slab built, cone 6 electric
13" x 13" x 12"
15. Magdalene Crivelli
A strange herd
$1,400
Sculpture mix with multiple firing of slips
15" x 12.5" x 8"
16. Malia Landis
‘Elepaio and Cactus Porcelain
$1500
Hand built, cone 6 porcelain paperclay
6" x 5" x 2"
17. Cathie James-Robinson
Come Out of Your Shell
$850
Hand built, regular kiln fire
22"L x 9"W x 6"H
18. Kristi Ferrell
Elephant Mom and Baby
$240
Earthenware clays were used on this hand built sculpture
12 1/2" x 10" x 5"
19. Jean Potts
Hungry Owl
$675
Pinched construction fired in cone 6 oxidation using underglazes and glaze over
12" tall
20. Kristi Farrell
Giraffes
$190
3 Earthenware clays that are hand sculpted and high fired to cone 6
10" x 14"
21. Brigitte Chertok
Young Fox
$480
Hand built
18"L x 3" w x 7" h
22. Naomi Cooper
Framed Chicken
$550
Buff Sculpture clay, underglaze, glaze, hand built, fired to cone 5
9"h x 8"w x 7.5"d
23. Vicki Sarantopulos
The Owl and the Pussycat Revisited
$850
IMCO cone 5 paper clay and blue clay; hand-built both slab and solid then hollowed out; cone 5/electric kiln; both Velvet underglazes and Amaco cone 5 satin glazes. All items are ceramic, some with photo transfers using tissue paper.
8"w x 12"t x 21"long
24. Naomi Cooper
Bowtie chicken
$500
Buff Sculpture clay, hand built, underglaze, glaze, fired to cone 5
11"w x 11" h x 7.5" d
25. Lee Kendall
Fancy Chicken
$250
Slab construction using Bmix fired to cone 5
13"x 15" x 14"
26. Jeff Downing
Pronto!
$1,400
Slab and pinched clay with slips and glazes fired cone 5 electric
19" x 6" x 5"
27. Emma Luna
No in my garden
$800
28. Wesley Wright
Feedback
$600
Hand-built Slip-cast
8" x 6" x 3"
29. Cornelia Nevitt
Cockatrice
$1,400
Coiled porcelain, underglaze, low fire glaze, and luster.
15"h x 12" x 14"
30. Sandy Calhoun
Rub-a-dub-dub
$800
Hand built using mid-range clay, underglazes, and glazes. Oxidation firing to cone 6.
6" x 3.5" x 14"
31. Wesley Wright
The Other Other White Meat
$600
Hand built, Press molded
8" x 10" x 5"
32. Paula Ballacera
Majestic
$850
Imco paper clay with underglaze, hand-built, electric firing to cone 5
16" x 6" x 20"
33. Diana Greenleaf
Sheltie Portrait
$1,425
Clay, slip, underglaze
14" x 11" x 13"
34. Ren Lee
Sphinx Plate
$1,000
Hand built, hand painted porcelain plate
11" diameter
35. Heidi Bekebrede
Cuteware Bunny Vase
$175
Wheel thrown, Low fire
9.5" x 5" x 5"
36. Ren Lee
Orange Cat Plate
$1,000
Hand built, hand painted porcelain plate
11" diameter
37. Vicki Sarantopulos
Ms. Rabbit
$1,200
Bmix-cone 5, both rabbit and stump are hand-built with slabs; velvet underglazes with encaustic finish on rabbit; electric kiln fired to cone 5.
14"d x 23" h
38. Jose Pacheco
Day Dreamer
$750
Hand built using paper clay
16"H x 12"W x 11"
39. Ren Lee
Modern Love
$800
Hand built ceramic stoneware
14"h x 12"w x 12"d
How to shop this Exhibition
April 4–28, 2025
Reception April 11, 6-9pm
You have two ways to shop…
In Person
Come to the Artery at 207 G Street, Davis, California. We are open Monday - Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 – 5:00 pm
By Phone
If you would like to own a piece from the current exhibition, or a specific artist in this show, call The Artery at 530-758-8330. Let the desk staff know the artists’ name and ask if they could send you a photo of their work. Have your credit card available, tell the gallery which item you wish to purchase and they will walk you through the process. You may pick the piece up at the close of the Exhibition. If you wish it to be shipped, the Artist will contact you for the pricing.