Ceramic Sculpture
“Snyder‘s method of assembling the figure out of a shell of fragments often creates an astonishing lightness of being at the same time the whorl of vigorous modeled fragments out of which the angel emerges suggest clay’s original state.” - Maria Porges
Selected life-size ceramic figures from solo exhibitions and new works:
"Science Fiction Endings"/ 2025, “Silica and Other Forms of Life” 2023/4, "Roadside Angel, Saints and Muses", “Celadon Group”, "Old Roses", “Four Breezes”, "The Restoration", “Rockets”
"Time to Leave", ceramic, metal, glass, wood, gold leaf, 78x36x 9", 2025
"Silica", Glass on clay, 68"x22"x22", 2024 - Click for alternate view.
"New Geometry", ceramic, granite, metal, 85x30x23", 2024
"Back To the Sea", glass over clay, 75"x22"x22", Cloud 9's conjoined sister. 2024. --Click for details and "Cloud 9" her conjoined sister.
"Cloud 10" (detail), ceramic, gold leaf, 72x22x22" Transformation piece 2025 Click for full scale
"A Promising Weed", raku ceramic, 75 x 22 x 22", transformation 2025
"Seize the Day" , ceramic and iron, 94x29x25", 2025
"Carpe Diem", ceramic, marble, metal, 96x35x20", 2024
"Untitled", transformation piece, raku ceramic, 78x26x18", 2025
"Balance", raku ceramic, 84x22x22", 2024
"Embracing the Bittersweet”, “Roadside Saints, Angels and Muses", ceramic, metal, marble, 68x23x23" - Click for alternate view
"The Restoration of Hope", raku ceramic, 81x22x16", collection of Manetti-Shrem Museum of Art, Davis CA
"Mutabilis" , ceramic, 84x29x29" -private collection
"Seek-No-Further", raku ceramic, 74x22x22" - Private collection
"Pinocchio Seeking Balance", ceramic, terrazzo, metal, 89x102x57. From the group “Roadside Saints, Angels and Muses"
"Walking on Water 2.0 #tryingnottobeafraid”, ceramic, metal, 78x53x27”. From “Roadside Saints, Angels and Muses”
“Back at You", polychrome raku ceramic, 68x18x18" - Click for the back
"Agua Caliente", ceramic, 82x25x25" - private collection - Click for alternate view
"Magical Thinking Muse", ceramic, metal, 80x26x19” , “Roadside Saints, Angels and Muses" - Click for full size
"The Source", raku ceramic, 84x23x23" -private collection
"Aphrodite's Steeping Out ”, ceramic, terrazzo, 83x16x14” - Click for alternate view
"Complicata", Click for alternate view
"Self Driving Car #nomaps #turnupthemusic", ceramic, terrazzo, metal, 89x25x25". From “Roadside , Angels, Saints and Muses” - Click for alternate view
"Luna Verde" Click for alternate view
"The Magician" private collection (detail)
“The 5th Element", ceramic, metal, 81x 61x23” From “Roadside, Angels,Saints and Muses" - Click for alternate view
"Angel of Diamonds" 81x27x22" -private collection
"Torse Perdue", 61x20x20" - private collection
"Angel with a White Head", raku ceramic, 77x22x22" - private collection
"Anima Rosa" , raku ceramic 70x22x18" - private collection
"The First Angel", raku ceramic, 74x16x16" -private collection
"No Maps", ceramic, 75x18x18" - private collection
"The Magician" , ceramic, 7223x23" - private collection
"The Etruscan", ceramic, 68x25x16: - Private collection
"Cloud Warrior", ceramic and metal, 23"x8"x5"
"The Resolution of Doubt", ceramic, 60x33x3" - private collection
"The Restoration of Hope", raku ceramic, 81x22x16", Collection of the Lannan Foundation
"Nanjing Celadon Muse" raku ceramic, 68x20x20" (detail) , Click for alternate view
"Celadon", raku, ceramic, 74'x15x12"