LYN BELISLE
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WHY DO I CALL MYSELF A  SHARDMAKER ?

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CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO VISIT MY EARTHSHARDS SHOP AND GALLERY
Clay is comfort for me. Shaping it is like a meditation – almost automatic, but with an intuitive awareness of the ancient, earthy material.

In my early journey as an artist, I studied pottery, and always seem to return to working with earthenware clay when I need to feel centered.

 The concept of “shards” came to me fifteen years ago. I dreamed I was walking in an old graveyard that smelled of roses, looking at the carved faces and inscriptions on the monuments. I saw how dimensional impressions of small areas of these faces and these carvings could be pressed with clay, then fired as reverse molds and used to capture bits of remembrance, like intriguing shards of a once-whole vessel.

This fascination with fired clay shard pieces led to two things: my beloved assemblages of fired clay components which are assembled like dimensional collages, and my Etsy Shop called Earthshards.

Earthshards offers fired clay earthenware faces to artists to use in their own work, and many of these faces grace Spirit Dolls from makers all over the world.
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Mother and Child Reunion, 2018
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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • About Lyn
    • BIO
    • Artist's Statement
    • Exhibitions
    • MEDIA
  • ARTWORK
    • FULLNESS
    • TERRA VERDE SERIES
    • Encaustic Exploration
    • FIBER ART
    • NEW WORK: SHARD WOMEN
    • UNEARTHED SERIES
    • THEMES IN PAINTINGS
    • MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART
    • GALLERY EARTHENWARE PIECES
    • EARTHENWARE ASSEMBLAGE
    • FIBER AND IMAGE TRANSFER
    • GALLERY OF FOUND OBJECT COMPOSITIONS
    • PAINTING AND MIXED MEDIA
    • CUBA JOURNAL
  • WORKSHOPS
    • ONLINE WORKSHOPS WITH LYN
    • FREE WORKSHOPS
    • WORKSHOPS WITH LYN
    • PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS >
      • ABSTRACT ACRYLIC PAINTING
      • MIXED-MEDIA VOTIVE CARDS
      • LAYERED STORIES: ENCAUSTIC COLLAGE
      • OCT 30 ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOP
      • WAX AND TISSUE WORKSHOP
      • FOUND OBJECTS CHALLENGE
      • FASA visits Lyn's Studio
      • DALLAS AREA FIBER ARTISTS
      • NATIONAL WORKSHOPS
      • HILL COUNTRY ARTS FOUNDATION
      • VOTIVE OFFERINGS: COLLAGE CARDS
      • POSTCARDS TO MYSELF at the Art League Studio
      • NEOSANTOS
      • ACRYLIC ABSTRACTIONS
      • TAROT & TALISMAN
      • SMALL WORLDS
      • WAX AND TISSUE
      • WORKSHOP: WAX AND WORDS
      • GOLDEN LOTUS BOOK
      • WHITER SHADES OF PALE
      • POSTCARDS TO MYSELF
      • Intuitive Photocollage 12.11.16
      • Bead Template
      • NATIONAL WORKSHOPS
    • DIRECTIONS TO THE STUDIO
    • VIDEOS FROM WORKSHOPS
    • If a Workshop is Sold Out
  • EBOOKS & MORE
    • EBOOKS
    • Work with me
  • MY BLOG: SHARDS
  • ETSY SHOP
  • Contact
  • EMAIL LIST
  • SAPG
  • SHARDMAKER
  • PWF23