Shaily Kirstain is an Israeli-based ceramicist whose career in the arts spans a number of
disciplines. Trained in movement and education, her early years were spent teaching dance and
art to children.

While living in London during the 1980s, Shaily studied jewelry design and goldsmithing at the
prestigious John Cass School of Art. There, she developed an individual style combining metal
and special stones. A decade later she returned to Israel where, seeking a new medium to
explore, she began training in sculpture. She fell in love with art form and the malleability of clay.
She completed several noteworthy collections. In addition to clay, her sculptures also utilized
wood, concrete, plaster, metal and mesh.

Shaily has now focused her dedication on ceramics. While ceramic work involves a variety of
techniques and skills, the process begins with clay- the material she adores. Shaily designs
tableware for restaurants, dish sets for everyday use, vases, and other objects of functional
beauty. She mixes her own glazes to create distinctive colors, which she utilizes consciously
and with great care. Her work showcases the elegance,esthetics , and drama of black and
white, as well as the blue, turquoise and green of the Mediterranean.

In the last decade, she took a course in Japanese calligraphy.as well as raku firing .

Recently, she designed and made a whole collection of lamps made of clay, fired through all
alternative fires she specializes in such as raku, saggar and kilm.

The deliberate, meditative brush strokes and concepts of Japanese minimalism inspired her
designs.

Creating ceramics requires both serious craftsmanship , joyful creativity & exploration .

Shaily’s passion and dedication to craft is evidenced in all of her pieces. Her ceramics are
distinct, reflective of her evolved and diverse practice.