These totems are part of my (Re)Generation Series, expressing contemporary feminist sensibilities, while referencing archaic fertility figures such as Cycladic idols and the Venus of Willendorf. The idea of regeneration affirms our connection to the past, while discovering what we carry forward. I think of them as harbingers of an unknown future, singing out and quietly listening, beseeching each other and us. Their message may be hopeful, dystopian, or in some ways, both. 

Totems
Ellen Schön  Totems stoneware
Honey, Just One More Kiss
2022
stoneware
21 x 9.5 x 7 inches

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Ellen Schön  Totems stoneware
Parent and Child
2022
stoneware
13 x 7 x .5 inches

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Ellen Schön  Totems stoneware
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Queen
2020
stoneware
31 x 9 x 9 inches

Ceramic Sculpture

Ellen Schön  Totems Stoneware
Conversation 1
2020
Stoneware
31" H

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Ellen Schön  Totems Stoneware
Art work detail
Cry Me a River, view 1
2020
Stoneware
31" H

Ceramic Sculpture

Ellen Schön  Totems Stoneware
Art work detailArt work detail
Seminal
2020
Stoneware
31" H

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Ellen Schön  Totems Stoneware
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Seeker, view 1
2020
Stoneware
31" H

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Ellen Schön  Totems Stoneware
Plea, view 1
2020
Stoneware
31" H

Ceramic Sculpture

Ellen Schön  Totems Stoneware
Three Graces
2019
Stoneware
17" H

Ceramic Sculpture

Ellen Schön  Totems Ceramic
Art work detail
Schön and Schön: From Generation to Generation
2018
Ceramic
44" x 20" x 18"

Ceramic Sculpture

Ellen Schön  Totems Stoneware
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Open-Mouth Totem
2011
Stoneware
19" x 5" x 4"

Ceramic Sculpture

Ellen Schön  Totems Smoke-fired Clay
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Embrace
2011
Smoke-fired Clay
20" x 6" x 4"

Ceramic Sculpture