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EDUCATION
—BA University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi,
—Sophie Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
—Studio Artist
—Teacher, Arrowmount, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
—Teacher, Penland School, Penland, North Carolina
Sang Roberson creates nonfunctional baskets and boxes using terra cotta or earthenware clay.
She is inspired by the organic shapes of found objects. Her baskets and boxes are built using slabs or cast in hand-built molds. Each piece is fired three times: 1. bisque kiln fired; 2. coated with slip, burnished and kiln fired; and 3. a final pit firing using organic materials such as hay, sawdust, bamboo and other plant material to produce mottled surfaces. Often the surfaces are decorated with beads, gold and/or silver leaf. Roberson’s work is influenced by early Native American Pueblo pots, as well as the burnished blackware of Maria Martinez.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia
Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida
Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, Florida
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Triplett, Kathy. Handbuilt Ceramics: Pinching, Coiling, Extruding, Molding, Slip Casting, Slab Work. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2000.
Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified April 3, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/roberson