Nina de Creeft Ward
An Exhibition of Ceramics & Prints
February 26 - April 10, 2011
in the Logan Gallery
The Opening Reception was held on Saturday, February 26, 2011
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The central body of work featured in the Nina de Creeft Ward exhibition will be her Oryx wood-fired series, along with experiments with low salt firing of Bighorn sheep, and raku-fired and sawdust-smoked creatures. Along with these ceramic explorations will be solar print matrix monoprints.
"My mother raised goats and I have a basic, loving familiarity with that animal," the artist says. "When I see an antelope, I see a pretty fancy sort of goat, and my heart reaches out to him. When I take my bag of drawing things under my arm and set out with a high heart to draw at a zoo, a magnetic force pulls me toward the hoofed stock. There is something compelling about familiar shapes and attitudes made strange and exotic. Drawing, for me, is an effort to capture the animal, and the living images of the animals I fix in my mind through drawing are there with me when I work with clay."
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Click on images below for a larger view.
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Oryx, Supports
Clay, wood-fired
20" h x 29" w x 10" d
$2,000.00 |
Oryx, Pair Bond
Clay, wood-fired stoneware
21" h x 26" w x 14" d
$2,000.00 |
Oryx: Close Contact
Clay, wood-fired stoneware
30" h x 28" w x 14" d
$3,000.00 |
Oryx: Stay By Me
Clay, wood-fired, stoneware
27" h x 35" w x 13"d
$3,000.00 |
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Horned Animal
Clay, post firing reduction
23" h x 18" w x 8"d
$900.00 |
Bound Exterior
Low-fired clay, post firing reduction
18" h x 15" w x 9" d
$900.00 |
Bighorn Sheep: Oracle
Clay, low-fired, some oxide, glaze
22" h x 19" w x 14" d
$1,200.00 |
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Bongo: Difficult Transition
Clay, wood-fired stoneware
70" h x 42" w x 10" d
$3,500.00 |
Desert Memories – Sedona
Clay, low salt-fired
20" h x 18"w x 6" d
$950.00 |
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