Shellie Jacobson

Contact the artist:
s4clay@patmedia.net

Shellie Jacobson is originally from Buffalo, New York. She attended Carnegie-Mellon University (BFA) and Rutgers, the State University (Ed.D). She has been actively involved in the field of ceramics both as a teacher and an exhibiting artist for more than thirty years. Her ceramics have been exhibited often in New Jersey as well as nationally and internationally. Recently, Jacobson has been involved in creating unique artists books and was a visiting artist at Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College in Easton Pa. The books created during her tenure at the college were included in a traveling exhibition to several US cities and Costa Rica and England. She is an active member of the Princeton Artists Alliance and maintains her ceramic studio and RockBrookPress in Skillman.

Artist Statement:
My current work in clay further explores “Artifacts from the Marsh.” In this series, I am focusing more on the interior life of trees rather than the exterior forms. I also continue to work in a larger scale, solving technical challenges as they are presented to me.