Sylvia Fugmann Brongo

Sylvia Fugmann Brongo

ARTIST INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION

I have been a studio artist working in clay since 1983. After graduating from Nazareth College of Rochester, in 1981, I taught art in public schools for two years before the overwhelming longing of my destiny came calling.
I create vases, bowls, and wall pieces in mid range stoneware clay. I hand build, using rolled out clay slabs, draped and applied over a variety of shapes. I also build up additional sections on top of forms that have been bisqued fired. A few pieces are slip cast, then reconfigured, and embellished. Each piece is hand sanded before it's fired, leaving the surface with a smooth cloth like finish. Many admirers also think that my work is glass that has been etched. By using an airbrush, several layers of colors are applied, and at this final stage, these works come to fruition.

I have been an artist all of my life. I remember painting pine cones on our kitchen table when I was 5 or 6 years old. It evolved from there. I've been creating and selling my ceramic vessels since 1983.

I lived in upstate New York in Ontario, near Rochester. I built my home with my father, a retired builder, on 32 beautiful acres, surrounded by trees, and fields. It was a peaceful environment.

I recently moved to Cave Creek, Arizona. I had travelled to Phoenix to visit my younger sister, escape New York winters, and explore visits to National Parks. I have come to consider it a very familiar home. So I decided to move.

As an artist in mid career, I am looking forward to the adventure and challenges of living in an artist filled community, full of warm sunshine and new natural wonders to further inspire my creative energies.

I have also spent time exploring new forms of expression. I have finished some acrylics paintings on canvas, and am reigniting a new line of porcelain jewelry, ready to premier soon. Check my website for more recent updates.

SELECTED JURIED RETAIL SHOWS

Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
Arizona Fine Art Expo, Scottsdale, AZ
Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, AZ
Sedona Arts Festival, Sedona, AZ
Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, FL
Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN
Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park, IL
Longs Park Art and Craft Festival, Lancaster, PA
State Street Area Arts Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Paradise City Arts Festival, North Hampton, MA
Boston Mills Arts Festival, Peninsula, OH
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
Art on the Square, Madison, WI
Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
Arts and Apples, Rochester Hills, MI

Cave Creek, AZ
Work: 480-488-4749

Web: Sylvia-Art.com

"Three tiered vase"
29” x 13” x 7”

“Desert Reef”
Can be used as a wall piece
18” x 16” x 6”

“Triad Urn”
24” x14” x 7”
Lidded Vessel

Stoneware clay arrangement of
vessels, bowls and wall pieces

All images exhibited at this World Wide Web site are for public viewing only. No reproduction rights are granted, licensed or sanctioned in any form or manner and are hereby exclusively reserved by the artist.

		Sylvia Fugmann Brongo
ARTIST INFORMATION		CONTACT INFORMATION
I have been a studio artist working in clay since 1983. After graduating from Nazareth College of Rochester, in 1981, I taught art in public schools for two years before the overwhelming longing of my destiny came calling. I create vases, bowls, and wall pieces in mid range stoneware clay. I hand build, using rolled out clay slabs, draped and applied over a variety of shapes. I also build up additional sections on top of forms that have been bisqued fired. A few pieces are slip cast, then reconfigured, and embellished. Each piece is hand sanded before it's fired, leaving the surface with a smooth cloth like finish. Many admirers also think that my work is glass that has been etched. By using an airbrush, several layers of colors are applied, and at this final stage, these works come to fruition. I have been an artist all of my life. I remember painting pine cones on our kitchen table when I was 5 or 6 years old. It evolved from there. I've been creating and selling my ceramic vessels since 1983. I lived in upstate New York in Ontario, near Rochester. I built my home with my father, a retired builder, on 32 beautiful acres, surrounded by trees, and fields. It was a peaceful environment. I recently moved to Cave Creek, Arizona. I had travelled to Phoenix to visit my younger sister, escape New York winters, and explore visits to National Parks. I have come to consider it a very familiar home. So I decided to move. As an artist in mid career, I am looking forward to the adventure and challenges of living in an artist filled community, full of warm sunshine and new natural wonders to further inspire my creative energies. I have also spent time exploring new forms of expression. I have finished some acrylics paintings on canvas, and am reigniting a new line of porcelain jewelry, ready to premier soon. Check my website for more recent updates. SELECTED JURIED RETAIL SHOWS Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL Arizona Fine Art Expo, Scottsdale, AZ Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, AZ Sedona Arts Festival, Sedona, AZ Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, FL Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park, IL Longs Park Art and Craft Festival, Lancaster, PA State Street Area Arts Festival, Ann Arbor, MI Paradise City Arts Festival, North Hampton, MA Boston Mills Arts Festival, Peninsula, OH Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA Art on the Square, Madison, WI Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH Arts and Apples, Rochester Hills, MI		Cave Creek, AZ Work: 480-488-4749 Web: Sylvia-Art.com
"Three tiered vase" 29” x 13” x 7”
“Desert Reef” Can be used as a wall piece 18” x 16” x 6”
“Triad Urn” 24” x14” x 7” Lidded Vessel
Stoneware clay arrangement of vessels, bowls and wall pieces