I grew up amid the fields of corn in southwestern Minnesota and now live on a farm in northern Minnesota surrounded by forests and swamps, reeds and willow, and in winter, endless expanses of snow punctuated with drifts of dried grass.
Making sculptural vessels (non-traditional baskets) enables me to combine the forms of clay vessels with the tactile qualities of fiber. I use recycled paper, handmade paper, papers from Japan, Thailand, Nepal, and India, silk from Japanese kimonos, embroidery thread, sisal and jute twine, fleece, wire, pigment, whatever materials the vessel requires.

The coarse fleece of ancient sheep evading extinction; dried, seemingly dead grasses, which in winter bend before the wind but do not break; seed pods with their rough textured exteriors and silky inner membranes; these are my influences. I want to pay attention to the small, the seemingly insignificant part of our world, the caterpillar that becomes the butterfly, the iridescent green beetle that hides behind the flower. I want my vessels to capture the spirit of the natural world we all inhabit. – Sharon Meyer Postance

Sharon maintains a studio in Meadowlands, MN. Her work has been exhibited throughout the country, notably at the National Basket Organization Biennial Conference in Abiquiu, NM, and is included in the collection of the Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.