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Artist Shalene Valenzuela details ceramic sewing-machine series and trompe l'oeil process in Missoula
Summary
Shalene Valenzuela, artist in residence at the Clay Studio of Missoula, described her piece "Sew Very Happy," explained slip-casting techniques and the work's themes of domesticity, feminine identity and illusion during a public presentation.
Shalene Valenzuela, artist in residence at the Clay Studio of Missoula, presented her ceramic piece "Sew Very Happy" and described the techniques and themes behind a series of clay objects she makes.
Valenzuela said the work is "the fifth in a series of sewing machines" she has made and that she is exploring trompe l'oeil'—art that "fools the eye"'by making clay objects look like everyday domestic items. "Everything is clay on here except for this little doodad that sticks up top and, the needle right there, but everything else is ceramic," she said.
The artist walked the…
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