faith and hope

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Sallie Portnoy Sculpture

ceramic with glaze
unique

Emerging from a time where we have just begun to heal from devastating bushfires to then be isolated and distanced during COVID-19. In these times disconnection and isolation has escalated, yet, as often in periods of disaster, renewed intimacy has also flourished along with a heightened awareness that the reality of climate change is not in some distant future but upon us now. The glaze treatment references the bush fires with its flashes of fiery orange and charred black coal surface breaking into a green symbolic of regeneration and regrowth. I am attempting to imbue these pieces to convey feelings of hope, faith and connection in a time when we are so challenged by the harm we have created to this planet.

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SALLIE PORTNOY – Australian Glass

Sallie Portnoy studied ceramics at University of Manitoba and NSCAD, Halifax, Canada and graduate from COFA (BA ceramics} and SCA, Sydney University (MSA glass). She is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, working in glass, clay, metals, & mixed media. Her background in ceramics informs her work in glass, which has earned recognition and representation internationally in private and permanent collections. Portnoy has taught workshops in Australia, Canada, Turkey, and U.S.A. including esteemed institutions such as Corning Museum of Glass and Urban Glass NY, and Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle, Washington. Portnoy lives, works and teaches on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.