Sheena Cameron

Artist's Statement
Sheena received her B.F.A. in ceramic sculpture in 1969 and spent the next 33 years making art jewelry. She moved to New Mexico in 1981. In 2003 she got back into working with clay, started experimenting with making horses and they seemed to take on a life of their own. Soon, and after much hard work, they evolved into what you see today and have become very popular.

Most of Sheena Cameron's pieces are raku. Some are fired in a Japanese style wood burning kiln and some are stoneware. Because of the nature of these one-of-a-kind pieces, the prices vary widely. She uses genuine gemstones and other unique additions. All of the legs are masonry nails. Many of the horses open and close and have a lot of detail work.

Each horse comes with its own miniature book. On one side is a horse picture and several paragraphs about the general symbolism. Handwritten on the other side is the name of that particular horse, a list of all the components and gemstones, their symbolism, and the symbolism of the piece as a whole. And of course each owner will be bringing her or his own personal symbolism to the piece.