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Kala Stein, Ceramicist
For Sonoma-based ceramicist Kala Stein, a piece of clay pottery is much more than reshaped sediment. It is a way to connect to the land from which the clay comes, and a bridge between the people who share it.
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A Sonoma Ceramicist Works With Rainwater To Explore Natural Processes and Climate Change
In 2024, Kala Stein created a large installation of an atmospheric river storm in a series of clay tiles. Part of her process includes using rain water to represent the weather effects in the glaze.
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Weathering the Art World: Kala Stein’s
Thought-Provoking Work
Growing up on a farm in New York’s Finger Lakes area with “back to the land” parents shaped Kala Stein’s appreciation for the earth and set the tone for her socially conscious art.
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Meet Kala Stein
I began working in clay when I was in college studying graphic design. The clay studio had the tactile quality that I missed from my childhood and was about being industrious in order to make work and solve problems that always arise from the technical side of ceramics.