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October 28, 2025

‘Blooming Clay’ shows technique behind giant clay flowers

Vicki Gunter gives preview to ceramic wall installation at art demo

Fremont Art Association will feature award-winning ceramic sculptor, Vicki Gunter, at its virtual General Meeting and Art Demo on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

Vicki Gunter is an award-winning ceramic sculptor. Her lifelong adventurous career has encompassed work as an artist, dancer, teacher, poet and defender of eco-social justice. While in recent years her work as a ceramic sculptor has taken center stage, these diverse experiences continue to inform her creative output. Currently, Gunter has embarked upon her boldest project, “Bloom,” a wall installation of 50 ceramic California native wildflowers, slated for completion in 2030.

In her demo, “Blooming Clay,” Gunter will offer a sneak preview of her project. She will also show how she creates flowers four times their natural size in clay; achieves painterly effects by adding ceramic underglazes on the flowers and their pollinators before firing them in her kiln, and manipulates and incorporates copper wire and tubing into each piece.

Copper wire and tubing mold each piece into its unique shape.
Courtesy of FAA
Copper wire and tubing mold each piece into its unique shape. Courtesy of FAA

As a board member of the Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California (ACGA), Gunter organized and showed in the statewide clay and glass exhibit, “Arts of Fire” at NY2CA Gallery, Benicia, 2025. Gunter is also a member of Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA) and Pacific Rim Sculptors (PRS).

View Gunter’s body of work at vickigunter.com and on Instagram @vickigunter.

The demo (free to attend) will be held via Zoom. Participants must register in advance to receive the Zoom link via email.

FAA General Meeting and Art Demo

Wednesday, Nov. 5

1 – 3pm

Online via Zoom

Register at: fremontartassociation.org/monthlymeetinganddemo

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