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Anne Mette Hjortshoj Wood-fired Salt Glaze Below are two examples of the new work that arrived on 21st December. It is hoped to add more images over the holiday period but all will be available at the gallery when it reopens on Thursday 4th January 2007.
Plate with shino slip. Diameter: 29.8cm (11.75”) Price: £50	Oval stoneware dish with horizontal blue and brown salt-glazed bands. Height: 13.7cm (5.4”) Dimensions: 25.4 by 12.4cm (10.0” by 4.9”) Price: £68
Anne Mette Hjortshoj currently works from her studio on the island of Bornholm in her native Denmark, where she graduated from the Glass and Ceramic School five years ago. I first came across her and her work at the Oxford Ceramics Fair in 2001 at the end of a year that she spent working with Phil Rogers in Wales. I instantly took to her work and speaking with Phil a little later found out that he was also extremely impressed, so much so that he included an example of Anne Mette's work in his book "Salt Glazing" published in 2002. Her work is also to be found in other publications, including "Pots in the Kitchen" by Josie Walter and is represented in the Museum of Bornholm collection. Anne Mette's pots are functional, being either salt glazed stoneware made using French La Borne clay or ash and salt glazed porcelain. The work that she will be showing is largely from the first couple of firings in her newly built cross-draught kiln fired with wood. When commenting on her work Anne Mette states that “the fundamental magic occurs at the moment when wood, fire, salt and ashes combine with the clay to change shape and surface. The image of perfection disappears - the piece obtains its identity. My interest is in the careful study of the little details that you get to know, if you spend enough time with one pot among all the others." Besides working with Phil Rogers, Anne Mette has work with the potter John Thies in the USA and has taken part in 3 exhibitions there. She has also exhibited in Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and last year at the Rosenthal Studio-haus in Germany.
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