About the Artist

My name is Grace Juneau, otherwise known as Snail Girl. 

I’ve always loved snails. When I was little, I endlessly watched them inch along the garden, leaving their shimmering trails, and feeling about with their long eye stalks. In high school, I began to experience my first real waves of depression and in my search for stability, found comfort in the gentle creatures I used to admire on warm spring days. 

Soon after, I adopted my first garden snail, Neil. Neil brought me back to my roots, coaxing my inner child out of her shell—a shell now made of SATs and college applications. Instead of questioning what major I should pick or what career path I should take, I spent my days wondering why Neil slept upside down, or if he had feelings like I did. 

I found company in Neil and the calm energy he brought to my spiraling mind, leaving his soft silver linings on my otherwise murky memories of high school. He taught me that the best way to honor myself was to go at my own pace and find joy in even the smallest moments. I eventually returned Neil to the wild in July of 2016, but I never stopped thinking about my spiral-shelled companion or the time we spent together. 

I began selling my small-scale artworks in 2021 under the moniker Snail Girl Ceramics. What once started as a silly college nickname became a mentality. To be a Snail Girl is to embrace yourself in all hues, find home in the tiny worlds under rocks and in tide pools, and witness nature’s beauty at the Earth’s pace.

Snail Girl Ceramics is an expression of patience, reflection, and self love through clay. This artistic practice allows me to continue viewing the world through the eyes of a child and find magic in everything around me. As much as Snail Girl Ceramics is for me, it is also for you. Here, I invite you to take the hand of your own inner child, slow down, and enjoy the little things with me.

The Not-So-Whimsical Details:

I received my degree in Studio Art from Skidmore College with a concentration in Ceramics, Drawing, and Communication Design. While I've always had a fondness for miniatures and tiny things, I began making small scale ceramic pieces in 2019.