Shulamit Teiblum-Millar
Givatayim, Israel
Shula Millar at a residency in the Caribbean Islands.
Shulamit Millar, detail from the Landscape Banquet exhibition, 2018. Stoneware and porcelain, crystalline glaze, cone 10, 20 cm H x 50 cm W
Shulamit Millar, Pillar, 2016. Stoneware, crystalline glaze. 55 cm H x 15 cm W
When the lock-down was announced in the middle of March, the museum art school where I teach closed abruptly. Having more studio time, I plunged myself into work, preparing for an exhibition that was to open at the end of June. In May and June, the lockdown was modified but the art school didn’t reopen, and by then the museum was in financial difficulties, so the management decided to shut down its art education programs altogether. Now we are engaged in a public struggle to reopen this important center.
So, apart from the ongoing anti-government demonstrations (against corruption, lousy management, etc.) I am busy protesting against the museum’s decision. Less teaching means more studio time, which I use to experiment with new ways of working with paper porcelain and new crystalline glazes. I am aiming to drop my firing temperature down from Cone 10.
Shulamit Millar, Teapot, 2017. Porcelain, crystalline glaze, Cone 10. 22 cm H x 25 cm W x 15 cm L
During the lockdown, Shulamit Millar worked toward two exhibitions, using porcelain paper-clay to make very thin objects, bringing them to the verge of collapse.
Shulamit Millar, Collapse and Erosion, from the exhibition, Bird’s Eye View, 2020. Paper porcelain, Cone 10. 2 meters x 2 meters
Shulamit Millar, detail of piece from Bird’s Eye View, 2020. Paper porcelain, fired to Cone 10. 50 cm H x 20 cm W
Shulamit Millar, detail of piece from Bird’s Eye View, 2020. Paper porcelain, fired to Cone 10. 25 cm H x 20 cm W x 45 cm L
Shulamit Millar, Basin, from the exhibition Bird’s Eye View, 2020. Paper porcelain, crystalline glaze, fired to Cone 10. 10 cm H x 50 cm W
Shulamit Millar, Flat Land, from the exhibition Bird’s Eye View, 2020. Paper porcelain, crystalline glaze, fired to Cone 10. 40 cm W x 50 cm H