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Ceramic Artist Janine Sopp creates one of a kind pieces and collections in her home furnishings and accessory design studio in Brooklyn, NY. With a degree in Fashion Design, she spent the first seven years of her artistic career designing clothing and textiles. With this rich and varied experience Janine traveled across Europe and ultimately Morocco. There she evolved and uncovered her deeper artistic vision, desires to mold clay and her life’s work as a ceramic artist. Drawn to the responsiveness of clay and a passion for colour and texture, Janine creates various collections inspired by her travels. The "Moroccan Collection" has recognizable elements of mosaic decoration and Moorish colours. The colour palette from Italian fresco paintings and surface designs of Spain and Portugal influences the "Terra Cotta Collection". White washed buildings of Italy and the Greek Islands and the architectural details of these regions are the inspirations behind the "Mediterranean Collection". Her sculptural Raku pieces containing elements of doorways, passages and windows recollect the seductive medinas of Morocco and the Middle East. These mysterious sculptures are freestanding architectural forms she calls "temples," and the wall relief pieces are called "wall temples." Both are ancient and modern at the same time, giving this work an ageless quality which transcends culture and time. This work can be viewed in her Glyph Designs Showroom, in Brooklyn, NY, by appointment. Janine is constantly expanding as an artist as she creates with the primative, earthy medium of clay. |
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RESUME EDUCATION: BFA Syracuse University 1982 – Fashion Designer Fashion and Textile Designer – Alexander Julian, Inc. 1981-1987 Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA - 2003-2005 First place, Sculpture – Allentown Village Society, 1994 |
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