Plate "Red Winged Black Bird Songs"

Vanessa Chatwood Kerby is a ceramic artist, painter, musician, and educator and holds a BFA and MA in Art Education. Working out of her studio in Goshen, Massachusetts, she channels her passion for the arts into ceramics. Vanessa draws inspiration from moments of revelry, psychedelia, and sacred rituals, reimagining medieval iconography and Victorian sensibilities for a contemporary audience.

Vanessa employs a range of surface design methods for her drawing and patterning, including Sgraffito, Mishima, Block printing, and Nerikomi, complemented by metallic luster and crystalline glaze combinations. With each piece, she endeavors to create a tangible connection to the past while embracing the possibilities of the future – seamlessly combining craft and art.