Gallery of Art

I'm a jack of all trades when it comes to art techniques and mediums. My overall theme is mushrooms and nature, and incorporating found objects and natural materials.  Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about my artwork.  

I love to hand build, slab roll, and slip cast (which I then often alter or 'kitbash'. I don't work on the wheel. Lately, I've been creating 'vintage' looking modern mushroom kitchen decor and dishware, but I also enjoy hand building nature inspired things. Fan favorites are my banana slugs! I work with cone5 stoneware and all my clay and glazes are food, microwave and dishwasher safe. 

I also have a sewing room where I enjoy making new creations from cast off clothing. My witchy hats, arm warmers and other accessories are mostly upcycled from knit sweaters and other garments. I work with embroidery and sewing machines, and a serger. Sometimes I print my own illustrations onto fabric at Spoonflower and incorporate those into my sewing as well. I also enjoy needle felting and I incorporate it into my all wool hats.

These mini mixed-media sculptures are perfect for your doll house, fairy garden, or curio cabinet. Each one is a one-of-a-kind work of art. I incorporate things I find from old broken jewelry bits to dehydrated mushrooms to gemstones and anything else in these tiny treasures. I like to imagine them as the desktop or workbench of a fairy or gnome. 

My jewelry is a mix of various mediums made into wearable art. I work with stoneware and porcelain clay, as well as found objects and bits of nature. I incorporate jewelry grade resin and glass bottles and spheres into much of my work. Lately I've been designing files digitally and then cutting/engraving onto thin sheets of basswood plywood - you can see these with my turkey tail and reishi pieces. 

Here's a gallery of a lot of my other artworks that don't fit neatly into any one category, as well as some photos from my booth displays at shows.

I love to sketch with pencil and paper when I'm out and about. I love to draw and paint. Lately, a lot of my more finished illustrations have been made digitally using a tablet and stylus. I create a lot of repeatable patterns for printing on fabric at Spoonflower.

I've been exploring making watercolor paints and inks using natural pigment sources. I was originally inspired by all the folks dyeing fiber with mushrooms and lichens, but I've worked with all kinds of natural pigments. Here you can see some of my works in progress, experimentations, and finished paint pots (which I make from scrap clay, of course.)

Here are some half-finished pieces so you can get an idea for my stages of work. 

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. I'm @TursiArt on Instagram, or use the email button below.