Amy Sanders
"My work is highly influenced by textiles and patterns," Sanders says. Using a combination of wheel-thrown and handbuilt pieces, Sanders says she hardly ever leaves a piece as it was thrown, but alters the forms. She says she often leaves "seams" when altering the form as a reminder of the process. She describes her work as personified, as the clay takes on a life of its own. "It's like they take on their own characters, like they're having a conversation."
Sanders also designs her own stamps from clay, which she uses to add decoration and texture to her work.Sanders describes herself as obsessed with texture and likes her creations to look "soft." For instance her quilted, patchwork bowls appear billowy, as if they were made of swatches of fabric sewn together and filled with cotton. Sanders wants her work to serve as a memory that the hard, solid clay was once soft and pliable.
Small vases A and B
Left -- A: 5 1/2" tall X 4 2/3" wide X 2 3/4" deep -- SOLD
Right -- B: 7" tall X 2 1/2" wide -- SOLD
$60/each
Right -- B: 7" tall X 2 1/2" wide -- SOLD
$60/each
Hand-built serving piece #3
Dessert plates #1
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