jo anna lange
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jo Anna Lange is a professional ceramic artist and instructor residing in Edmonton, Alberta. Recipient of the Alberta Craft Council’s Linda Stanier and Family Award for excellence in ceramics, her work can be found in the Alberta Craft Council galleries in Edmonton and Calgary, The Art Gallery of Alberta and private collections worldwide.
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Stantec Tower – 10220 103 Ave NW
Jo Anna Lange, Happy Family View, Ceramic Sculpture
ARTIST STATEMENT
Images and text are drawn directly on the leather-hard pots through a layer of white slip and wax - a technique called sgraffito - to reveal the iron-rich clay body beneath. Often, the incised line will be filled with a black underglaze pigment to lend the image a bold, graphic quality.
After the first or bisque firing, the pieces are painted with bright glaze colours and then the whole piece is dipped in a clear glaze to make it suitable for use and then fired a final time.
Although the process involved in creating this work is equal parts immediate and time consuming, I find it very rewarding, and it keeps me amused. I like to think that this line of work puts the “fun” in functional and hope it makes the viewer smile too.
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