GALLERIE DEYA

Sudasi Gardner- photo by Fireweed

Sudasi Gardner is a multi-media artist well-known for her colorful fabric arts, paintings on canvas, dazzling mosaics, and now her handbuilt pottery.  Practising an eco-conscious approach to glazing, the artist selects materials for use that are not only food-safe but non-toxic both before and after the firing process.

A wide array of lidded cannisters with fanciful tops, bowls, vases and plates come in multiple rainbow hues.

Gardner is experimenting with dramatic blue glaze on a pure white surface, in the style of ancient Turkish drawings.

 Many of the artist's functional and decorative wares are made with slabs of clay that have been draped over convex surfaces to provide initial form. The piece below doubles as both a free-standing sculpture, and vase for floral arrangements. 

Rectangular dishes and lozenge-shaped bowls and plates adorned with images of birds, butterflies, trees, fruits and vegetables are among the many treasures to be found in Gallerie Deya. 

Figurines of meditating women adorned in brightly colored dresses and blue top-knots, beam serenity throughout the artist's vibrant studio.