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Michelle C Gallagher
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Website http://www.thefunnything.com >> This web site features photos of the artist's work.

Personal Statement: When I see a face in the shadows of a wall I know I have touched something deep within myself waiting to be let out.
I am not a poet; I cannot arrange words in a way that is pleasing to the ear, but I have been called a poet when I create an image in clay that touches another person's soul.
I am not a dancer, but when a piece in progress generates an excitement inside me that I cannot contain, I dance in my studio with joy.
I am not a singer, but in my head I find images that feel like songs waiting to be sung.
I am all of these things and so much more. This is what comes from within, and so I let it out.
Current Work
The trip to Japan in September 2009 was amazing and I returned home with hundreds of photos and limitless inspiration. It was an extremely satisfying experience to travel with other clay artists and potters and participate in the Art Fest of Clay and Fire exhibition in Hokkaido, Japan.
Now I am back in my studio, making music and poetry in clay, and dancing with the results.
Short Bio
The Funny Thing studio began in 1989 as a theatrical stage prop creative studio. Over the course of 20 years more than a dozen local theatre companies benefited from its creations. In 2001 The Funny Thing added a ceramic studio complete with electric kiln. Still taking on an occasional prop job, it now primarily functions as a ceramic sculpture studio at this point in time. What comes out of this studio are highfired one-of-a-kind stoneware sculptures intended for use in gardens.
Honors
Published in Lark Books
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Artist Location
Portland, OR

Art forms
Sculpture

Type of artist
Painter/Sculptor, Designer(theater), Arts Educator
General Themes
Comedy/Humor/Satire, Children/Youth, Peace/Conflict Resolution, International/Global
Keywords
How emotions play on a face.
Last updated on December 11th, 2009

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