Whimsical ceramic vessels by Amy Goldstein-Rice
Artist’s Statement: I see clay as inventive. It’s a rich medium that offers a generous and tireless play of possibilities. Clay allows expression of the whimsical and the symbolic. “Sometimes, simultaneously!”
My enjoyment with the visual arts began in elementary school, but for some thirty years I have gotten down and dirty with clay.
Medium: Earthenware clay. It’s so versatile, it allows me to handbuild and wheelthrow any shape. Low temperature glazes are an artist’s personal pallet of colors, from the bright to the pastel, high gloss to matte.
Artistic Resume:
- 2008, 3D Award of Excellence, Alpharetta Fine Arts, Alpharetta, GA
- 2008, Clay Award of Excellence, Charlotte Fine Arts Show, Charlotte, NC
- 2008, 3D First Place Award and Purchase Award, Gatlinburg Fine Arts Fest, Gatlinburg, TN
- 2006, Award of Merit, Palmetto Hands Juried Crafts Show, North Charleston, SC, “Going with the Flow”, juror Scott Shanklin-Peterson
- 2006, Best of Show, 31st Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival, Huntington Beach, SC, “Adrift”
- 2006, Award of Distinction, Blowing Rock Art in the Park Craft Show, Blowing Rock, NC
- 2005, ACC Show, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC
- 2005 – Teapots, juried art show, Henderson County Arts Council, NC, juror Michael Sherrill
- 2005 – 2nd Place Award, 30th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Anderson County Arts Center, Anderson, SC, “Green Tea and Mossy Agate”, juror Carol Tokarski
- 2005 – 2nd Place Award, 30th Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival, Huntington Beach, SC, “Birdnest Soup”
- 2005 – 3rd Place Award, Honey Horn Fine Arts and Crafts Show, Hilton Head, SC
- 2004 – National Juried Show, Crawlers, Creepers, Flyers, Leepers, at Twigs & Leaves Gallery, Waynesville, NC
- 2004 – 3rd Place, 31st Annual Juried Exhibition of the Spartanburg Artist Guild, Spartanburg County Museum of Art, “Patriot of 911″, juror Art Rosenbaum
- and the list goes on……………………!
More information: “Behind all of my imagery is a legend or myth which I create along with the work; both the story and the sculpture develop together.”
Altering wheelthrown shapes while still damp makes the faces of my Whimsical fitures unique and one-of-a-kind. The figures are assembled, fired to 04. Surface decoration is achieved when textural marks are infused with engobes, layered with slips and underglaze. Each piece is created solely by me, the artist.
Featured in these Publications:
- 500 Handmade Dolls, Lark Books, 2007
- 500 Animals in Clay, Lark Books, 2006
- Clay Times Magazine, January/February 2001
- Clay Times Magazine, March/April 2001
- Ceramics Monthly, 1987
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