Sheri Farbstein's Gallery

Sheri Farbstein’s ceramic show Eclectic opens with a reception on Thursday, May 3, from 5:00-7:00 pm at the Art League Gallery.  The exhibitions run from April 30 through May 27.  Join us to meet the artists. 

 

When asked to do the show and write something about her work, Sheri Farbstein realized that she had spent most of her adult life up to her elbows in clay of all types experimenting, teaching, and learning - and loving every moment of it!    Sheri’s motto is, “’Creativity sparks the soul and empowers and ennobles it forever.’ And this is what my art has done for me, without it I would be lost, for this is my life force”, Sheri Farbstein adds.

 

She enjoys trying all sorts of ideas, designs and techniques. Most often she works in series using the same techniques and colors until she feels she has taken that subject to its limits. Then she moves on to another series of creations.  She never seems to be at a loss for things to make, or ideas to build upon. Sometimes a series lasts for months or years, such as her music pieces, where she had experimented with sculpture, wall reliefs, and pottery using the music theme throughout. She adores the theme of the family and has created several sculptures, bowls, wall reliefs and figurative vessels using the family unit as a motif.  Her painted kimono sculptures are a study using the kimono shape to create intricate under-glaze paintings.

 

Sheri is the founder of the recently formed Fine Art Crafts Guild of the Art League of Hilton Head. The Guild was created to showcase 3-D art that embodies expertise in craftsmanship and complexity of design deemed to be worthy of the official Guild seal. Eighteen artists had their inaugural group exhibition during past December at the Art League of Hilton Head’s Gallery.

 

When Sheri is not creating clay objects, she teaches, lectures and gives workshops throughout the region. She has had about sixty shows, and has been fortunate to be in many corporate and private collections, and museums.