Amy Hughes
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After Amphora White & Pink
Hand built stoneware vase with high fired decorating slips and transparent glaze detailing.
41 x 41 cm
£4,000.00
British Amy Hughes’ practice is both fuelled by and symbolic of the ceramics of past centuries, from early Greek pottery to 18th century Sevres. Her ceramic works pay homage to the originals, but are created with a freer approach, giving them a new lease of life.
These pieces take inspiration from ancient Greek pottery, with a concern for form and decoration. The vases seek to 'talk' about the distinctive ancient storage jars and the intricate decoration that was painted upon them, now explored and enlarged on the coil and slab built forms, creating exciting patterns and shapes with a colourful, lively and painterly approach that gives them a new vibrant lease of life. Handbuilt grogged stoneware body with decorating slips and transparent glaze detailing.
In 2015, Hughes was chosen as the first Ceramics and Industry Artist in Residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum working in collaboration with 1882Ltd, as well as being selected as one of eleven artists for AWARD at the British Ceramics Biennial ‘presenting new works exemplifying the energy and vitality of the best of British contemporary ceramics practice.’
In 2018 her first solo show Garniture at Croome Court (part of the National Trust) was funded by Arts Council England – she had the opportunity of working with Croome Court's extensive collections. Most recently she was selected as one of 5 commissioned Artists to work with at The Leach Pottery St Ives on the Leach 100, which is part of centenary celebrations looking at the past, the present and the future of studio pottery. In 2021 she will be participating in For the Love of the Master: 25 artists fascinated by Piranesi – a group exhibition celebrating the legacy of this versatile Roman artist in the 21st century. This homage to Piranesi will be held in Dublin Castle & the Casino at Marino, Dublin.
Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett Gallery. All photography Cristina Schek.