Kerry has been working primarily with slate since her move to Vermont, in 2001.
She is best known for her expressive slate carvings of incised lines and burgeoning forms, created by hand with traditional chisels and wooden mallets.
Furlani's slate work has been exhibited throughout New England and New York and is in the collections of the Shelburne Museum, in Shelburne, Vt., and the Slate Valley Museum. Furlani's slate furniture has recently been featured in '500 Tables' by Lark publication.
The artist teaches workshops and demonstrates slate carving techniques in her studio and in communities and at public venues throughout New England.
Furlani is an associate of the Frink School of Figurative Sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
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