| Anne Goldberg Handmade Porcelain & Stoneware Pottery |
As my parents can attest to, I've been
playing with clay since childhood. After
spending many years as a part-time ceramic
artist, I left the "paycheck world" at the end of
2002 and have devoted myself full time to clay
ever since.
I make functional pottery, using both the
potter's wheel and handbuilding techniques. I
strive for grace and elegance, while
maintaining a strong focus on function. I want
people to use my pieces in their daily lives -
whether it is a mug they reach for in the
morning or a soap dish sitting on their bathroom
counter. I hope that in some small way my work
makes its owners smile, and appreciate the
beauty and simplicity of handmade work.
I use stoneware and porcelain clays, fired to
approximately 2350 degrees F, in gas, and
occasionally wood, kilns. Some work is fired in
kilns where salt or soda ash is added, which
gives the work a different patina. All work,
unless otherwise noted, is food and dishwasher
safe. My dinnerware plates are relatively flat
and not more than 11-1/2" diameter, so they fit
well into most dishwashers and cabinets.
Recently, I have been focused on texture
and pattern, using both clay surface
manipulation and glaze application. Some of
the patterns are inspired by sand patterns on
the beach and in riverbeds, while others by
simple geometry. Some are also inspired by my
mother's work in textiles.
Although I have no university art training, I've
taken workshops and classes at several places,
including Haystack Mountain School for Crafts
in Deer Isle, ME, and at Anderson Ranch Art
Center in Snowmass Village, CO.
I'll be an Artist-in-Residence at Anderson
Ranch starting in October, 2005. During the
summers, I am the Ceramics Studio Manager at
Truro Center for the Arts in Truro, MA. I spend
the rest of the year high in the mountains
outside of Aspen, Colorado. Open space, and
the patterns I find in it, is a continuing
inspiration for my work.
playing with clay since childhood. After
spending many years as a part-time ceramic
artist, I left the "paycheck world" at the end of
2002 and have devoted myself full time to clay
ever since.
I make functional pottery, using both the
potter's wheel and handbuilding techniques. I
strive for grace and elegance, while
maintaining a strong focus on function. I want
people to use my pieces in their daily lives -
whether it is a mug they reach for in the
morning or a soap dish sitting on their bathroom
counter. I hope that in some small way my work
makes its owners smile, and appreciate the
beauty and simplicity of handmade work.
I use stoneware and porcelain clays, fired to
approximately 2350 degrees F, in gas, and
occasionally wood, kilns. Some work is fired in
kilns where salt or soda ash is added, which
gives the work a different patina. All work,
unless otherwise noted, is food and dishwasher
safe. My dinnerware plates are relatively flat
and not more than 11-1/2" diameter, so they fit
well into most dishwashers and cabinets.
Recently, I have been focused on texture
and pattern, using both clay surface
manipulation and glaze application. Some of
the patterns are inspired by sand patterns on
the beach and in riverbeds, while others by
simple geometry. Some are also inspired by my
mother's work in textiles.
Although I have no university art training, I've
taken workshops and classes at several places,
including Haystack Mountain School for Crafts
in Deer Isle, ME, and at Anderson Ranch Art
Center in Snowmass Village, CO.
I'll be an Artist-in-Residence at Anderson
Ranch starting in October, 2005. During the
summers, I am the Ceramics Studio Manager at
Truro Center for the Arts in Truro, MA. I spend
the rest of the year high in the mountains
outside of Aspen, Colorado. Open space, and
the patterns I find in it, is a continuing
inspiration for my work.
