During a career that spans more than thirty years, artist Cristina Salusti has always stradled two worlds as both sculptor and ceramic and glass artist. Achieving recognition and distinction in both fields, she chose to keep them separate publicly. In the studio however, she borrowed from her years as a stone sculptor to create her highly personal ceramic(piattiSALUSTI) and glass (FOSSILGLASS) collections, which are still known for their stone and fossil textures.

In 1999, after more then two decades of the New York art world, Cristina and artist husband Jeffrey Simpson moved their family to the small village of Woodstock, Vermont. In their search for an alternative lifestyle, she describes those first years as a “foreign experience”.Eventually emerging from their stupor, and allowing the landscape and absence of “noise” to seep in, changes began to occur. Cristina allowed herself time for the creative experimentation, investigating new technologies and materials. Jeffrey bought a giant sandblaster and the two began collaborating their processes together. These experiments were showcased along with original Fossilglass in their retail store in Woodstock, Vermont.

The culmination of these experimental tears took place in the spring of 2007. In the land of church fairs, garage sales and flea markets, Cristina began acquiring odd pieces that intrigued her. Musing on these abandoned items, she contemplated their personal stories. Some bore endearing inscriptions.