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Nurielle Stern is an emerging Toronto artist and
a graduate of Alfred University's prestigious MFA
program in Ceramic Art.
In her artistic practice, Stern creates sculptural
ceramic objects and immersive installations.
Eyes of Metal and Agate was displayed at the
Gardiner Museum in 2013, and she has exhibited
at Harbourfront Centre, the Canadian Sculpture
Centre and Craft Ontario, among other venues.
Constructed from glazed ceramic and porcelain, The Pith and Nectar serves as
a bittersweet meditation on the fleeting nature of time and memory. Like the
human brain, clay is malleable with surprising plasticity. Soft, workable clay is
capable of infinite amalgams and formations. After going through an alchemical
transformation in the high temperatures of firing, ceramic remains fragile but
endures —retaining every delicate impression.
THE PITH AND NECTAR
BY NURIELLE STERN
S P O N S O R E D B Y : G I A N N A G L A S S M A N
