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Pink Telephone (group shot), 2005, glazed vitreous china

Shannon Goff's work in sculpture and ceramics takes everyday objects and shapes, functions and ideas, and creates something new - something spectacular. As the artist and Art Institute instructor puts it: My work seesaws between complexities and freedoms, two steps mr. ordinary with ma'am extraordinary, do-si-dos familiar and foreign.
We love a little do-si-do:

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Eggbeater

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Eggbeater

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Black Telephone, 2005, glazed vitreous china

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Piano, 2003, corrugated cardboard, adhesive

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Yo-Yo, 2004, chrome plated brass and utility rope