Art by Sylvia

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Sylvia Paiss - Bio


Sylvia is a 21 year old artist born and raised in Santa Cruz, California. She is currently an art major at Santa Barbara City College as well as an intern at Maker House. Sylvia has experience with many different art forms and is mainly inspired by natural art. Her wood pieces are all made from recycled wood planter boxes or other recycled wood she found. Sylvia likes experimenting with bright contrasting colors against the natural wood tones. Pottery is where Sylvia finds the most joy in art. She makes all wheel thrown, functional pottery. She loves to use inspiration from the natural world for her pottery by using earth toned glazes and experimenting with natural firing techniques such as pitfires. Sylvia is also open to creating custom pieces for anyone interested.