Foraged minerals, botanical textures, rainwater, and reclaimed glaze become grounding, beautiful surfaces for the spaces we inhabit.
Step into the pop up exhibition at the Design Healdsburg Headquarters and hear directly from the artist as she walks you through the work in place: modular glaze paintings, large scale ceramic panel sequences, architectural vessels, and new prototypes using salvaged McIntyre tile as a substrate for botanical textures. Stein is redefining what ceramic can do in architectural space, from large-scale installations to surfaces that respond to land, sky, and site.
She’ll share the stories behind her commissions for homes, hospitality, and healing spaces, and how she works with architects and designers to shape ceramic art to the scale and character of a site.
Coffee will be served compliments of Highwire Coffee Roasters with a casual Q&A, and a rare opportunity to connect directly with the artist about process, material, and the collaboration between artist and designer. Bring your questions, your curiosity, and your next project.
Program:
- Welcome and artist introduction
- 20 minute artist led walk through of the exhibition
- 20 minute artist Q&A
- Informal coffee reception sponsored by Highwire Coffee Roasters, with an opportunity to revisit the exhibition through the duration of Design Healdsburg.
Kala Stein is a ceramics artist and teacher based in Sonoma representing issues of climate and weather in her work. Last year, she did a large installation of an atmospheric river storm in a series of clay tiles. Part of her process includes using rain water to representing the weather affects in the glaze. (Chad Surmick / The Press Democrat)
Visit the Ceramic Surfaces Pop Up Gallery during Design Healdsburg:
- Artist Talk & Coffee: October 3rd, 1:45pm-2:45pm (Free to attend)
- October 1–3rd from 4:30pm-5:30pm
- October 2-3rd from 9:30am-5:30pm
- October 4th from 9:30am-3:30pm