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Artist Event: Shamai Gibsh

Sunday, March 23rd
1-3pm
At Kolbo!

Shamai Gibsh is an internationally acclaimed Israeli ceramics artist whose work is exhibited in many locations throughout the U.S. and across the globe, including in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and the Land of Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. His studio is in Jaffa, Israel.

He teaches and uses an alternative firing technique, the basis of which is terra sigillata, a contemporary studio technique inspired by the tradition of ancient potters in Greece prior to the use of glaze. Roughly translated as “sealed earth,” the meaning is “clay bearing little images.” The clay Gibsh uses is collected from different places in Israel and around the world, and the variety of clays and firing processes result in his extraordinary landscape and color effects. No coloring is added to the clay; these are the natural colors. His work is remarkably unique; no two pieces are exactly alike.