Description: (2) Andrew Van Assche Ceramic Lidded Boxes Post Modern Art Pottery SignedFor your consideration is this pair of Andrew Van Assche ceramic boxes with lids. He is a noted ceramicist - see below for his artist's statement.Both boxes in excellent preowned condition with no significant issues to note. No chips, cracks or repairs. Edge of one lid appears to have a glaze scrape revealing the underlying clay and each box has a one or two other tiny scrapes and/or slight soiling. See pics.Both are signed VAN ASSCHE and both measures about 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" x 2-1/8" high with the lid on. They will weigh about 2-3lbs packed safely. Thank you!Here is his artist statement which I found in an online google search. "I have been a ceramist since the mid 1970’s, and have focused solely on slab-building to create my forms. My forms range from basic simple shapes to the more sculptural and are determined by considerations of function. For my surface decoration I take different approaches. I use patterning, minimalist figurative, or a more kinetic graphic with implied movement. In some designs I incorporate a combination of these approaches. My inspirations are many and varied – music, stories, architecture, weaving – I settle on a combination of minimalist simplicity and a bit of intrigue. I am drawn to both the quiet and the engaging." TECHNIQUEMy pieces are slab-built with stoneware clay. The clay is first rolled out into flat sheets or ‘slabs’. As the slabs begin to dry and stiffen somewhat, I cut them into the desired sizes and join them together to form the piece. I dry the finished piece very slowly and then fire it in a low temperature ‘bisque’ firing. Once bisqued, I decorate the pieces with clay slips – a mixture of powdered clay,metallic oxides, and water. I also use underglaze pencil and sgraffito. Sgraffito is the technique of using a needle tool to scratch through the slip to create a sharp line which is the color of the clay body. After completing the decoration, I fire the piece to cone 4 in an electric kiln. CLAY BODIESI make and use two different clay bodies. One is vitreous and will hold water and the other is more porous and will not.
Price: 88.88 USD
Location: Melrose, Massachusetts
End Time: 2023-09-16T04:18:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Production Technique: Studio Crafted
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Style: Post Modern Contemporary
Item Height: 2-1/8" high
Item Width: 3-7/8"
Material: Clay
Pattern: Abstract
Type: Covered Box
Features: With Lid
Color: Multicolor
Item Length: 3-7/8"
Brand: Andrew Van Assche
Production Style: Art Pottery
Occasion: All Occasions
Subject: modern
