Tiffany schmierer biography
Schmierer is a Professor of Art at Skyline College in San Bruno, CA, where she has run the ceramics program for the last 16 years..
Tiffany Schmierer is an artist.
Tiffany Schmierer utilizes handbuilding, printmaking, marking and relief techniques to create richly detailed colorful structures out of mid-range fired ceramics. Her intuitive approach results in assembled sculptures with a density of pattern, imagery and detail.
The artist notes, "Rather than edit down to the minimal, I embrace the intricacy of our visual culture. Formative practices of collecting and arranging, constructing from found materials, and filling the drawing page have been a continuous influence on my maximalist approach and aesthetic.
I think of my sculptures as three-dimensional collages, where chains of ideas are layered to create a cohesive whole."
Schmierer loves the versatility of clay, along with its physical, tactile, and expressive qualities.
Once constructed, her ceramic sculptures become canvases to explore drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques.
The theme that weaves through this series is the interconnections we have with each other and with
