Upcoming shows for 2021: River Oaks Art Center, Alexandria, Louisianariveroaksartscenter.com7th Annual Dirty South CupApril 9 – May 22, 2021 Radius Gallery, Missoula, Montana radiusgallery.com5th Annual Ceramics Invitational 24 April – 6 June 2020 Clay Akar, Iowa City clayakar.com15th Yunomi InvitationalOpening June 18th, 2021 Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri belgerarts.org/belger-crane-yard-studios Still Shakin’ Opening November 5

Last week in my studio… errrrr… dining room:  I am replicating the imagery from my ceramics work onto a 2-D fabric surface, which I found pretty challenging! The vintage decals I use on my ceramics and my jewelry are painted on the front of a white gown. Stay tuned for more photos of this dress!!⁠⁠I am…

A preview of a sketch for a wallpaper design for HORROR VACCIU at The Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis. It opened on Friday, September 20th with a FREE lecture on October 10th in the @northernclaycenter library at 6 pm. A walkthrough of the exhibition will be live-streamed on #NCC Instagram stories on Friday, October 11th…

Last week in my Studio: I was finishing up work for the Vanderslice Fundraiser, benefitting the Kansas City Art Institute, I was paired with chef Michael Corvino and sous-chef Jeff Workman from @corvinokc. I incorporated the raven, the Corvino Supperclub & Tasting Room logo, overlooking the patterns which were inspired by the iconic wall and…

After a couple of months of wheel throwing and slip casting, I am back behind the wheel. China Painting is almost like riding a bike, but you have to find your way back to it every time you start again. Sometimes the pigments are grainy and don’t mix as well as the last time, the…

Today I started taking over the Kansas City Artist Coalition’s Instagram feed. Follow my journey through some cool galleries, artist studios, showing you some works in progress for NCECA 2016 and shows that will be up during the conference. Visit my Instagram account and click the FOLLOW button: https://www.instagram.com/melanieshermanceramics/ https://www.instagram.com/kcartistscoalition/ About the Kansas City Artist Coalition:…

Applying some late night decals – one down, many more to go ‪#‎PIAdecals‬ ‪#‎porcelain‬ ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎flowers‬ ‪#‎kccrossroads‬ ‪#‎kcartist‬ ‪#‎kcmo‬ ‪#‎kc‬ ‪#‎NCECA2016‬ ‪#‎gold‬ ‪#‎luster

Applying some late night decals – one down, many more to go ‪#‎PIAdecals‬ ‪#‎porcelain‬ ‪#‎vintage‬ ‪#‎flowers‬ ‪#‎kccrossroads‬ ‪#‎kcartist‬ ‪#‎kcmo‬ ‪#‎kc‬ ‪#‎NCECA2016‬ ‪#‎gold‬ ‪#‎luster‬ Applying some late night decals – one down, many more to go from Melanie Sherman on Vimeo. Preparing for my next porcelain exhibitions in Kansas City, MO. I will be participating in several…

After applying #gold #luster and #chinapaint the last step is to apply decals on ceramic. Here I am using a Vintage decal with #blue and gold #flowers from England. —-> @potsinaction has been taken over by @louieseven.0 hosting a week of #piadecals – be sure to follow along on INSTAGRAM and tag your pots in…