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Sanam Emami

A functional potter interested in the intricacies of form, function and surface.
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Details of a large serving bowl, with Nishapur pea Details of a large serving bowl, with Nishapur peacocks motif with capes traveling the Silk Road, New Mexico brown clay, stencils and slip @artstream_nomadicgallery @nceca It’s been hard to be creative in these turbulent times, when bombs are dropping on innocent people. My studio practice is one of the few outlets I have to express my feelings of frustration and sorrow, hope and gratitude, a place to attempt to reset and refocus my thoughts, a place that gives me space to try and make sense of a senseless world I imagine the peacocks, inspired by a drawing of a peacock on a small bowl my mother carried with her when she left Iran, walking alongside other weary dusty travelers on ancient trading routes of the Asian continent and that thought helps give me some modest hope for a more peaceful future #artstreamnomadicgallery #nceca2026
Despite everything, spring 🌱 is here Happy Nowruz Despite everything, spring 🌱 is here Happy Nowruz
#Repost @schallergallery with @use.repost ・・・ LIVE #Repost @schallergallery with @use.repost ・・・ LIVE NOW | SANAM EMAMI ‘Tavoos’ is live with new work by Sanam Emami. You can head to the Events page to view this show now at schallergallery.com. #schallergallery #southwestmichigan #smallbusiness #onlineshopping supportartists ceramics pottery homedecor interiordesign potterylove clay ceramicsgallery shopnow ecommerce worldwideshipping shoplocal potterycollection collection handmade MichBusiness community
#Repost @penlandschool with @use.repost ・・・ I am t #Repost @penlandschool with @use.repost ・・・ I am thrilled to be teaching at Penland School of Craft again next summer. Registration for summer classes begins tomorrow, January 14th. Below are some book recommendations from summer workshop teachers, including a book I shared (recommended by @parametric_pottery) called Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition Take a look at the other great reads and all the amazing summer workshops being taught @penlandschool ………….. Winter reading… Each summer, 100+ teaching artists make a pilgrimage to Penland to share what they have learned. Ahead of their immersive workshops, many instructors choose to share some recommended reading with their students, and we’re sharing a few of those books here we hope you enjoy. LINK IN BIO to discover the links to these wonderful books (and browse 100+ summer workshops) SUMMER REGISTRATION OPENS WEDS, JAN 14TH.
Happy Boxing Day! In the studio, making jars for Happy Boxing Day! In the studio, making jars for @schallergallery solo exhibition in January. Wishing for a kinder year in 2026 @schallergallery @csu_artandarthistory
@pottersforpalestine auction begins today at 10am @pottersforpalestine auction begins today at 10am EST. You can place your bid in the comments. Bidding ends 12/7/25 Serving Bowl with floating patterns, filled with motifs from Mamluk Ceramics Stoneware, stencils and slip 10”w x 4”h Bidding starts at $100 Retail price $350 I will cover shipping in the continental US All proceeds will go to Many Lands Mutual Aid who provide food distribution, direct cash aid and infrastructure projects to their community @husein_alzaq2 The auction also supports @gazasoupkitchen @remainrooteddirectaid Please bid, please share and thanks for your support I am grateful to the organizers and to the over 400 potters from our ceramic community who donated pieces to this auction to support Palestine 🇵🇸 You can see all the pieces at www.pottersforpalestine.com This serving bowl holds fragments and floating patterns from the ancient global trading routes that crossed Asia. It also holds specific motifs from a panel of tiles from Damascus during the period of Mamluk Ceramics. In this period, the Mamluks liberated Palestine from the crusaders and Damascus and Cairo became major centers for pottery, metalwork and calligraphy. #pottersforpalestine2025 #freepalesti̇ne
A few weeks before learning about the @pottersforp A few weeks before learning about the @pottersforpalestine fundraiser, I was in my studio making bowls to raise money for Palestine. I was thrilled when I saw the call to action from this collective and I was inspired to participate and support a collective action rather than going at it alone. These are some in process shots of the serving bowl I am donating - from freshly thrown on the wheel to adding stencils and slip on leather hard clay, to the glaze on bisque ware before the second and final firing. Tomorrow, I’ll share images of the fired piece and talk about the way the motifs, patterns and colors of the piece connect to the pottery of western and Eastern Asia, the trading routes of the Silk Road and how for millennia global objects have been entangled and intertwined. @pottersforpalestine @husein_alzaq2 #pottersforpalestine2025
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