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Anne Swinton
Daydreaming
Inspired by: Kenro Izu, Blue #1010B
wood-fired ceramic with shino glaze
13″ x 12″ x 12″
2024
“Daydreaming” captures the calm excitement one feels when dreaming about good things to come. Originally created as a small maquette, this larger figure was made with sculptural stoneware and fired in a wood train kiln over several days. As with Kenro Izu’s work, the piece contains simple lines and minimal features. Additional details and colors would only serve to detract from the emotional impact of each of these works.
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Anne Swinton
Glacier Pool
Inspired by: Lionel Reinford, Winter in New England Laura McPhee, The Blue Lagoon
ceramic
14″ x 11″ x 5″
2022
Anne is a ceramic artist and sculptor. Her work is inspired by the organic lines and texture of nature, both in feel and look. She is conscious of the hand feel of her work, making sure the texture is substantive, reminiscent of the satisfying smoothness of naturally eroding rock and the coarse fibrous solidity of bark. “Glacier Pool” is from Anne’s “Rock” collection. The textures have been created using plants from the Southwest as well as New England. The exterior, pressed repeatedly with a Cholla skeleton from the desert, evokes a chilly glacier. The interior invites you to look closer with its blue color and imprinted leaves from Anne’s garden. It is Anne’s hope the two textures tempt you to glide your hand across their surfaces. Light stoneware, oxides, and glaze. Soda-fired in a gas kiln to cone 10.
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