SJ Lane
works
Dimensions: 8"x 8"x 11" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 8"x 8"x 11 Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 6"x 6"x 11" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 5.5"x 5.5"x 11" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 13"x 13"x 6" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 11"x 12"x 5" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 10"x 13"x 6"; 10"x 10"x 5"; 7.5"x 7.5"x 4" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 5"x 13"x 5" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 14"x 17"x 4" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 19.5"x 17"x 7" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 19"x 13"x 5" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 18"x 12"x 6" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 17.5"x 9.5"x 6" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 12.5"x 9.5" x 5" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Dimensions: 17"x 13"x 6" Description: Hand built white earthenware. Burnished and pit fired with organic materials.
Images by Clinton Keller Photography
About
As a contemporary ceramic artist I use hand building, burnishing, and alternative firing techniques to create one of a kind pieces.
My career as an art educator was wonderful and I was passionate about teaching art, it was an absolute joy! Witnessing the delight in the faces of so many young people as they discovered their own talents was a true gift. And for over a decade I took student groups on tours of Europe as we delved into many different countries, cultures, and art.
As an artist I have always been drawn to the use of three dimensional space and have created sculptures with wire, plaster, wood, fibers, plastic, but clay is my medium of choice. The fascinating play of positive and negative; light and shadow; and the movement created by that interaction has always been an open door for me with endless design opportunities.
artist statement
My pieces are one of a kind and can range from traditional to free-form in shape. The process of hand building allows the freedom to create spatially whether using slabs or coils. Manipulation of the form and surface are the emphasis. So carving, inlaying crushed stone, texturing, and alternative firing are dependent on the form; what it may or may not need.
Learning to burnish clay has been a pivotal force in the creations of pieces. I find that the depth and warmth that comes from a burnished surface is unsurpassed, it begs to be touched. It just has its own sheen and aura, difficult to describe.
The evolution of my work has its roots in nature where I find a plethora of inspiration; the possibilities are endless. But after a tragic personal loss I needed to dig more deeply, it just had to mean more. I found more meaning in creating pieces that were anthropic. They celebrated of the importance of the human experience and honor personal connectedness.
I use reduction firing, and pit fire with organic materials to create the coloration. Each process comes with its own set of surprises.
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Education
BA, University of West Georgia
Visual Arts Major
Carrollton, GA, 1975
Non-Degree Graduate Studies
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA, 1979
University of Georgia
Athens, GA , 1985
Juried Competitions
"Paint It Black", FemArt, (Jacksonville, FL, 2023)
"Rise Up Exhibition", Morean Arts Center, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2021)
Abstracts Matter, 311 Gallery, (Raleigh, NC, 2020)
Ink and Clay 44, California Polytechnic University, (Pomona, CA, 2019)
29th Annual All Florida Juried Arts Show, (HM), (Stuart FL, 2019)
28th Annual All Florida Juried Arts Show, (Stuart FL, 2018)
26th Annual All Florida Juried Arts Show, (Stuart FL, 2016)
Exhibitions
Members Show, FemArt, (Jacksonville, FL, 2023)
Members Exhibition, Florida CraftArt, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2023)
Members Show, FemArt, (Jacksonville, FL, 2022)
Members Exhibition, Florida CraftArt, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2022)
Member Exhibition, Morean Arts Center, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2021)
Member Exhibition, Florida CraftArt, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2021)
Member Exhibition, Morean Arts Center, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2020)
Member Exhibition, Florida CraftArt, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2020)
Member Exhibition, Morean Arts Center, (HM), (St. Petersburg, FL, 2019)
Member Exhibition, Morean Arts Center, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2018)
Top Finalist FAEA Member Exhibition, (Daytona Beach FL, 2014)
Top Finalist FAEA Member Exhibition, (Daytona Beach FL, 2013)
Gallery Representation
FemArt Gallery, (Jacksonville, FL, 2021-23)
The Art Box, (Monticello, GA, 2019-21)
Florida Craft Art, (St. Petersburg, FL, 2019-23)
William Braemer Fine Art, (Miami, FL, 2017-19)
Baker Showroom, Design Center of the Americas, (Dania Beach, FL, 2017-18)
Art Fusion Galleries, (Miami, FL, 2016-17)
Southlight Gallery, (Jacksonville, FL 2016-17)
Commissions
Ronald E. Johnston Jr., Private Collection, (Atlanta, GA, 2020)
Marvin and Lynette Perlis, (Amelia Island, FL, 2002)
Amelia Interior Designs, (Amelia Island FL, I995-96)
Bill and Gayle Gower (Amelia Island FL, 1995-96)
William Bristol III, (Amelia Island, FL, 1993-94)
Melody Winston/ The Addison House (Amelia Island FL, 1992-3)
Don and Scotty McCurry, (Amelia Island FL, 1992)
Jacksonville Symphony Guild Designers’ Showhouse, (Jacksonville FL, 1991,1993)
Public Installations
Center Street Art Walk, (Amelia Island, 1993)
Publications
School Arts Magazine, 2012, 2016
