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KAREN BELL
Karen brings her respect for the natural world and her love of clay together to form highly realistic sculptures of reptiles, amphibians, insects and bats. She works from drawings, photographs and live models.
Each piece is hand built from stoneware clay then bisque fired. After cooling they are glazed and high fired to 2345 degrees in a gas reduction kiln, using glazes that Karen has designed and mixed herself. Later, low fire glaze details are added and the pieces are fired again to 1816 degrees. Each sculpture is then finished with various inlays of cactus spines, turquoise or other semi-precious stones, porcupine quills, and glass eyes. Each sculpture is an original;one of a kind.
Karen holds a BS degree in Art Education with a concentration in ceramics and art metals from the University of Wisconsin Stout. She works alone in her studio in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Karen has been president of the Madison Potters Guild for 12 years.
Karen's work can be seen at the Artisan Gallery, Paoli, Wisconsin or Wild Side Gallery, Key West, Florida. She shows her work at a variety of Midwestern art fairs.
 
Art Fair Schedule for 2011
Southwest Arts Festival
Indio, Ca January 28-30
The Great Fair
Fountain Hills, Az Feb 25-27
Scottsdale Arts Festival (waitlisted)
Scottsdale, Az March 11-13
Tempe Spring Festival of Arts
Tempe, Az March 25-27
4th Avenue Street Fair
Tucson, Az April 1-3
American Craft Show
St. Paul, Mn April 15-17
Old Capitol Art Fair
Springfield, Il May 21-22
57th Street Art Fair
Chicago, Il June4-5
Old Town Art Fair
Chicago, Il June 11-12
Art Fair Off the Square
Madison, Wi July 9-10
Artarama
Eagle River, Wi July 16
Crested Butte Art Festival
Crested Butte, Co Aug 6-7
Loveland Sculpture Show
Loveland, Co Aug 12-14
St. Louis Art Association
Fall Art Fair at Queenie Park
St. Louis, Mo Sept 4-5
Wausau Festival of Art
Wausau, Wi Sept 10-11
TACA Festival
Nashville, Tn Sept 23-25
St. James Court Art Fair
Louisville, Ky Sept 30-Oct 2
60 Artists on 50th
Minneapolis, Mn Nov 5
Winter Art Show
Madison, Wi Nov 12-13
4th Ave. Art Fair
Tucson, Az Dec 9-11
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