Boston - April 06, 2009

Bowled Over

Isabelle Abramson Ceramics

You have mummified roses in a Solo cup on your nightstand and grapes on your kitchen counter that have evolved into raisins.

Clearly your cocoon loves a good metamorphosis.

Change things up with Isabelle Abramson’s pottery. Made from the same milky porcelain used for doll faces, the dainty cups, vases, and bowls line her Jamaica Plain studio.

Abramson hand-finishes each piece with a paintbrush or hole-drilling bit. She keeps most of the surprisingly sturdy forms to their original crisp alabaster but inks a few with hand-drawn peacock feathers or textural patterns.

They’re as functional as they are lovely, so you can display the coral-like bowl on a shelf or use a pitcher as a surprising vase.

And really let things go to pot.

Available by appointment at Stonybrook Fine Arts, 24 Porter Street, 2nd floor, Jamaica Plain (617-515-2319); online at isabelleabramson.com.