Pacin | The Marks Project

Phyllis Pacin creates paintings composed of multiple tiles fired using the raku process. This firing contrasts the colorful luster glazes with the smoke blackened clay. The tiles are typically parallelograms although she also uses squares.

Pacin is most interested in playing with space in the picture plane and creating spatial illusions including a trompe l?oeil illusion of three-dimensional form. Each stoneware tile is hand rolled and textured. Once the composition is complete the individual tiles are mounted on acrylic or wood forms.

1973

Studio Artist, Phyllis Pacin Design

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California

“Canvas Can’t Contain this Exhibit.” Oakland (CA) Tribune, May 2002.

Chang, Richard. “Brea Gallery Presents Clay and Glass Works in New Exhibit.” Orange County (CA) Register, February 2013.

Goletz, Deborah. Ceramic Art Tile for the Home. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2001.“Interview.” Mills Quarterly, Oakland, CA (Summer 2007).

Lark Crafts. 500 Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, January 2008.

Lark Crafts. The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2012.

Peck, Kristin. The Art of Handmade Tile. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, July 2002.

“Raku the Universal Language of Clay.” New South Wales, Australia, Ceramics TECHNICAL (November 2003).

Snyder, Jeffrey. Ceramics Today. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2010.

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