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Kirin Kane
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maker, teacher, admin
Chicago, IL
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Ophelia
Copper, porcelain, underglaze
17.5” long chain, 3” x 2” x 1.5” pendant
2024

#ceramics #jewelry #art #metalworking
February 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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WIP
"let's fight"
Next, I'll push and carve to refine features/joints and add eyeballs.

#WIP #ceramics #sculpture #art
Two brown clay sculptures of bunnies are formed and awaiting details. The beginning of two sculptures sit behind their maquettes.
February 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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The Quality of Mercy
Porcelain, frit
11” x 7” x 3”
2018

#ceramics #sculpture #art
February 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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First in Line
Porcelain, underglaze, glaze
3" x 3" x 3.25" each
2025
A pair of cups depicting mice riding on ox's heads.
February 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I've always been fascinated with texture. Detail shots from 2017 up to present day.

#art #sculpture #contemporaryart #printmaking #metalworking
A detail shot of gnarled terracotta A detailed shot of fur texture in porcelain. Detail shot of hammered organic links in a chain. A close up of a relief print with dense, intricate linework in black-and-white.
February 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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A Child's Story
Oil-based ink on cotton rag paper
18.5” x 22”
2018

#reliefprint #printmaking
A relief print depicting a surreal image of a child wearing fleece pajamas in a room filled with bubbles with a wolf dragging away a lamb in the background. The walls are filled with drawings.
February 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Dreams of Domesticity
Porcelain, stoneware, underglaze, frit, gold luster
Variable; pictured at 87” x 43” x 6”
2019

#ceramics #sculpture #birds #artinstallation
A wall of yellow handmade tile with a floral motif is mounted behind a porcelain bird with one wing curled and one open, a bee emerging from its chest.
February 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Mourning Vessel
Stoneware, stain, glaze
9” x 9” x 12”
2024

#ceramics #art #artist #snake
A jar whose body resembles a coiled snake with a lid composed of lilies.
February 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Hello! I'm Kirin. I make objects using ceramics, metal, and print. I teach ceramics and metals and love using my admin skills to make community craft education better every day. Here are some recent works.

#ceramics #art #metalworking #jewelry
A person stoops to carve into a large ceramic vessel. A jar whose body resembles a coiled snake and whose lid is made up of lilies. Handmade necklace with organic, hammered copper links and a porcelain face bezel-set. A pair of cups depicting two scenes of a mouse riding the head of an ox.
February 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM