Elizabeth Burritt's
work meets at the intersection of fine art + fine craft. Amazingly
sensitive illustrations are used as surface design on modern ceramic
forms providing her audience with something they have never seen before.
That is not easy to do. We'd say this is a fully realized union of her
background in editorial illustration and fine arts training in ceramics.
Elizabeth lives and works in Medicine Hat, Alberta, which is humbly
becoming a major hub for contemporary ceramics in Canada due to the
revival and upgrade of the historic Medalta Potteries in that town.
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| Elizabeth Burritt Design |
Jenn Demke-Lange of
MIKIND Ceramics
also hails from Medicine Hat, AB (did we mention that it is a hub for
contemporary ceramics?). She is the full-time studio manager at the
Medalta International Artists in Residence Program where "she is lucky
to have her ceramic practice be continually inspired and flourish by the
many artists filtering through the studio". She must not sleep much judging from
how prolific she is in her personal work which meshes geometric
patterns, vintage imagery and modern forms inspired by danish design.
Totally functional and absolutely artistic, her work is undoubtedly
minimal and magnificent in the humblest way.
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| MIKIND Ceramics |
Now on their own these ladies already rock the ceramic socks off of us at SFM, but you must also check out their
collaborative works. The old saying that there is strength in numbers couldn't be truer! It's a match made in ceramic heaven. And if you happened to be in Edmonton to catch their recent
collaborative exhibition at the Alberta Craft Council then lucky lucky you! We can't wait to see their works in person this weekend at SFM13!
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| Collaborative work by Jenn Demke-Lange and Elizabeth Burritt |
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