Gabrielle Schaffner is a ceramic artist whom I follow on Instagram. She produces a line of functional pottery in her Boston studio. Most of her work is illustrated with images drawn from nature, archeology, art history, and design. Gabrielle states,"I make my work for daily use; nothing makes me happier than knowing that the pots I make in my studio become part of your everyday life, in your kitchen and in your home."
Once a year she has an online sale of some of her work, the pieces go fast, and I thought, "I'm going to jump in the fray.". This past June 28 at 4:00 p.m. (16:00) her online sale opened up and I found a piece of art that I wanted. Someone beat me to it. I found another piece and took a shot at ordering it, got a pending notice, thinking that someone got their credit card information in faster than I did, but a couple minutes later got the confirmation that the small round plate: flying bird with spotted chest was mine. The anticipation during that couple minutes had me in a little tizzy and the excitement of "I got the plate!" had me doing a little happy dance!
This sweet little plate is about 5" in diameter (12 cm) and is "Perfect for some little cookies, aperitivo, a snack, or a place to rest your jewelry when you take it off." Her signature is a little piece of art in itself. I don't know what I'm going to do with this but it sure makes me smile every time I look at it.
I would have bought it for her signature alone! Isn't it lovely!
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