Stepanka Summer

Yummy porcelain macaroon-like installations, optical illusions of fluffy pillows, and golden clouds fill the wall with joy! Summer’s wonderment of the world is depicted in all of her work.

ForStepanka Summer, it was love at first sight with porcelain, but there were many heart breaks along the way, as the medium is notoriously difficult to work with. Having access to one of the only a few gas kilns in NYC, Summer relishes in the unpredictability and excitement that firing up her porcelain pieces can bring.

Stepanka is a ceramic teacher at the Columbia University Teachers College.

Each piece is hand formed then multiple fired, first in an electric kiln, then in a gas kiln to 2400 degrees F and then fired again with glaze.