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Coral Kelp SHE (44 Brilliant Sunburn & Cherry)

$420.00

Julia CR Gray

Materials: Ceramic

Size: 5x2.5x3.5 inches

Shipping: Included in price

Julia C R Gray — a founding artist of Juniper Rag, creates ceramic works that feel powerful and so of this moment. Her sculpted, sensual female torsos, infused with the spirit of her walks along the Pacific and the rhythms of Cardiff Reef, stand as strong emblems of women’s resilience and the ocean’s fragile majesty. Through opalescent glazed bodies, coral-etched surfaces, and luminous gold accents, Gray merges feminine strength with the sacred geometry of the sea — inviting viewers to feel the mystery, vulnerability, and preciousness of our marine world.

Collecting Gray’s work is more than acquiring a striking object; it is aligning with a message: that the body, the ocean, and the natural world demand reverence and protection. Each of Julia's pieces is a talisman of connection — to nature, to the feminine, and to the forces that shape our oceans. Her sculptures demand attention in the room, offering her collectors artwork with soul, presence, and purpose.

Julia CR Gray

Materials: Ceramic

Size: 5x2.5x3.5 inches

Shipping: Included in price

Julia C R Gray — a founding artist of Juniper Rag, creates ceramic works that feel powerful and so of this moment. Her sculpted, sensual female torsos, infused with the spirit of her walks along the Pacific and the rhythms of Cardiff Reef, stand as strong emblems of women’s resilience and the ocean’s fragile majesty. Through opalescent glazed bodies, coral-etched surfaces, and luminous gold accents, Gray merges feminine strength with the sacred geometry of the sea — inviting viewers to feel the mystery, vulnerability, and preciousness of our marine world.

Collecting Gray’s work is more than acquiring a striking object; it is aligning with a message: that the body, the ocean, and the natural world demand reverence and protection. Each of Julia's pieces is a talisman of connection — to nature, to the feminine, and to the forces that shape our oceans. Her sculptures demand attention in the room, offering her collectors artwork with soul, presence, and purpose.

 

Julia C R Gray | San Diego California

Bio Julia C R Gray sculpts opalescent, Ocean-inspired ceramic torsos in her Cardiff by the Sea, California home studio. Gray’s art career spans decades, her work is grounded in continued artistic growth and Nature’s dynamic energy of the current moment. She studied painting, ceramic, glass and bronze casting, completing a BFA (2014) at San Francisco Art institute, including studies abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her art is collected internationally, and Gray exhibits in museums and galleries nationally. Selected exhibitions include Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN; The California Clay Competition, Davis, CA; San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA; Oceanside Museum of Art, CA; The American Museum of Ceramics, Pomona, CA; Loveland Museum, Colorado; Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA and Bristol Art Museum, Rhode Island.

Artist Statement I create torsos to speak of my concerns of social and climatic upheaval. Female torsos also express my spiritual connection to nature. I am inspired by the beautiful Pacific Ocean and our local Cardiff Reef. If I could stare long enough at the perfect spiral of a shell, I might merge with the consciousness that created that golden ratio. My search to connect with nature compels me to walk on the beach at sunrise. There is a power and mystery that I carry back to my ceramic studio. These works merge beautiful female forms with marine motifs, using gold accents and layered glazes to emphasize the fragility and beauty of marine ecosystems. The body’s opalescent form speaks to the mystery of being, and deeply embedded coral patterns with real gold accents symbolizes nature’s preciousness.