Jazz Cafe | Commissioned Paintings | Ceramics | Watercolor Paintings Oil Paintings | Acrylic Painting | Still Life | Fine Art Bio Ceramics Karen created her first ceramics when she was 13 years old. Click here for a full bio. Today her 3-dimensional frames and wall sculptures are slab constructed from earthenware. When each piece is dry she paints low-fire underglazes to create all the bright colors, then fires the earthenware to 1873 degrees. Her latest work is consistent with a series of bright tropical paintings she began after she and husband, Horace, eloped on the Island of Maui, Hawaii. You can find Karen's ceramics at the Gallery 224 in Laguna Beach, CA. Some of her slab built stoneware clay bodies are Raku fired. She uses tape and hot wax resist to create her designs before applying the Raku glazes. Other Karen Brake ceramic sightings: Partners Art Gallery, Laguna Niguel, CA Watersedge Gallery, Gig Habor, WA Sumner Art , Sumner, WA PATRONS Dale & Jane Kelley, Bellevue, WA Eleanor Huiburg, Fort Worth, TX Mark & Kathy Buck, Enumclaw, WA Stacy Hendrickson, Dallas, TX Reggie & Sue Coon, Houston, TX Disc, Inc., Houston, TX Keith McNiel, Dallas, TX Phil Carter, San Bernardino, CA Roger & Kristin Chandler, Le Mesa, CA Jay & Stacy Stolz, Irving, TX Horace & Doris Barge, Garland, TX Steve & Beth Johnson, Darnestown, MD Main | About the artist | Events | Landscapes | Figures and Portraits | | Still Life | Links | Contact the Artist ©2008 Karen Brake Design,Inc.