Play is essential. When I set to work in my studio and relax into imaginative play, the clay becomes a toy. I explore shapes that I hope will awaken curiosity and invite touch.
I am a sculptor working in clay. I use the potter’s wheel and other tools to create soft geometric forms.My pieces often recall rusty relics from my free-range childhood, along with silos and smokestacks prominent in memories of my hometown.
My Flower Factories are exaggerated horizontal forms that have smokestack-like pipes along the apex. The glaze reveals the machined quality left by the tool used to articulate the form. When you arrange flowers in it, the blossoms become the plumes of smoke.
Currently, I am stacking shapes into complex forms and exploring how they relate to one another when grouped. I imagine myself in a world made up of these whimsical shapes.
Amanda Ann is a full-time artist working in clay. She grew up in the deep south, and in 2005 she graduated from Jacksonville State University in Alabama with a BFA concentrating in ceramics. These days she works from her small home studio on an Abenaki hillside in what is now called Vermont.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Am I purchasing the item in the photo? Perhaps. I make work in small batches. For items that I make multiples of (mugs mostly), I photograph one from each kiln load to represent the lot of them. They are similar, with subtle differences that make them unique.
Can I put your pottery in the dishwasher? Unless otherwise noted, all my functional work is microwave, oven, and dishwasher safe. Having said that, dishes do tend to get beat up more in the dishwasher.
Do you wholesale? Usually I don’t. Since I am a one-person studio, I rarely have room in my schedule for outside orders. Feel free to ask though! Maybe I will be available and enthusiastic.
What about returns? If a pot is somehow defective, I will gladly replace it or give you a full refund.