| Brigitta Schneiter Maple Ridge | |||
| Hanging Birdbath with Frog Decor | ||||
$75.00 0.0 by 40.0 cm. Clay | ||||
| Style: | Contemporary |
| Subject: | Functional Art |
| Year Created: | 2009 |
| Description: | Brigitta Schneiter Functional and Decorative Stoneware bschneiter@shaw.ca |
| Artist's Comments: | Be it soil or clay, I love plunging my hands into the primordial element of our earth and bring it to life, revealing its beauty for all to see. The tactile and sturdy body of the stoneware clay I’ve chosen to work with represents closeness to the raw clay found in the earth and reflects the deep connection I have to nature. As well, its plasticity gives me the opportunity to stretch and coax the clay to its absolute limit and explore new shapes and forms to be. Although only recently graduated from the Kootenay School of the Arts, I have been creating functional and decorative art for a number of years. Being in love with nature (I hiked the Rockies, canoed the wilderness and scuba dived BC’s emerald sea, and maintain an expansive and enchanted garden) has evoked my desire to explore and portray the essence and marvels of our world in my work. Be it a perky frog sitting on the rim of a salad bowl or a shiny sea star clinging to a seafood dish, a gentle curve evoking the ocean’s swell or a subtle glaze reflecting the hues of our forests, I create pieces to grace a dinner table, accent a garden or elicit a chuckle or two. |