Sabrina Weld

Sabrina Weld came to ceramics through an early love of folk art and large-scale puppetry, drawn in by the organic qualities of clay and paperclay. She earned her BFA in Ceramics and Sculpture from Alfred University in 1992. She then built a commercial career in New York creating sculpture, building puppets for stage companies, and crafting figures and sets for the display world, including walk-around costumes and the iconic 5th Avenue Christmas windows.

She took a long hiatus raising children, running a successful real estate company, and house-flipping while moving back and forth between US coasts. It was while living in LA that she began to explore her own ceramic sculpture again, where she exhibited her work and won awards in several juried shows. She then moved back East, dedicating herself fully to her ceramic art practice in the Hudson Valley.

Weld builds her pieces with clay coils and slabs, creating figures that imagine how we find confidence, what drives us, and how we connect with each other. Her visual language combines folk art, religious icons, mythology, and elements from the natural world. Fire represents motivation, and clouds represent our inner worlds. Images of protection — trees of life, apples of truth, all-seeing eyes, hearts, and hands — echo in quiet ways throughout the work. The imagery is relatable and direct, inviting us all in.