Jason Stern
jasonsstern@gmail.com
Instagram: jason_pottery
I am a craft-based sculptor and printmaker based
in Oakland, California. My work explores
ecological themes and our relationship with our
wildlands and their inhabitants. I’m interested in
meditating on the aesthetic and subjective
experiences of wildlife & wildlands through sculpture that plays with absurd or unusual use of
materials and scale. What can the embodied
experience of making tell us about our wildlands
that science cannot?
My work is deeply rooted in Craft; it is important to me that the work of my hands is visible in every piece. Perfection is not something I am for. Your tactile experience with the object I make is much more important to me. My work is meant to be touched.
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PROJECT Lupines for the Birds
PROJECT
Lupines for the Birds
Wheel-thrown Ceramic, glazed with UV-reflective glaze on enameled steel
3ft x 3ft x 12ft
2024DESCRIPTION
The ‘petals’ are coated with a ruby-infused glaze that reflects a color outside of our visual
range. This color, however, is visible to many migrating birds that may use this structure as
habitat.