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Anne Traver

Anne Traver

Unearthed

Sep 5 - Sep 28 | opening reception: Thursday, September 5, 5-8pm
Traver Gallery is excited to present Unearthed, a solo exhibition of new works in clay by Anne Traver. Anne began work with clay five years ago after a career as a graphic designer, brand strategist, design firm owner, and design professor. After training in workshops, community studios, and several intensive courses in Italy, she now maintains an independent studio and practice in Seattle. She says of her work: “I make objects that occupy the space between functional pottery and sculpture. I am fascinated by the way that clay in its rigid fired state can reveal its former soft and malleable qualities. Deflation, folds, surface– the effects of gravity, time, and atmosphere tell the object’s history… A modernist simplicity and elegance of form emerging from nature is my aim”.

While consistently elegant and restrained in form and gesture, Anne’s work is neither delicate nor precious. Her limited use of color accentuates the weight, and volume of her forms while her textured surfaces reference baskets, concrete, earth, and history. Celebrating the tension that arises between the inherent sensuality of the material and the intervention of the artist, Anne’s work points quietly to history and the evolution of bodies and communities through time.
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19-28 | 32093
19-28 | 32093, 2019
ceramic
11.5"h x 7"w x 7"d
$1,200
19-13 | 32089
19-13 | 32089, 2019
ceramic
10.25"h x 8.5"w x 7.5"d
$900
19-10 | 32086
19-10 | 32086, 2019
ceramic
11.25"h x 6.5"w x 6.5"d
$900
DOMINO | 32084
DOMINO | 32084, 2019
ceramic
13"h x 6.75"w 7.5" d
$1,200
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  • 19-28 | 32093, 2019
    ceramic
    11.5"h x 7"w x 7"d
    $1,200
  • 19-13 | 32089, 2019
    ceramic
    10.25"h x 8.5"w x 7.5"d
    $900
  • 19-10 | 32086, 2019
    ceramic
    11.25"h x 6.5"w x 6.5"d
    $900
  • DOMINO | 32084, 2019
    ceramic
    13"h x 6.75"w 7.5" d
    $1,200
  • About
    Anne Traver

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Anne Traver [b. 1952] began work with clay five years ago following a long career as a graphic designer, brand strategist, design firm owner, and design professor. After training in workshops, community studios, and intensive courses in Italy, she now has an individual studio practice in Seattle. Traver describes her interest in “diminishing the functional nature of the pot with a little push towards the forms of nature” and “the remains of ceramic objects as signposts of human history.” In her work, Traver captures the beauty of textured and weathered surfaces and the excavation and erosion of time.

“I make objects that occupy the space between functional pottery and sculpture. I am fascinated by the way that clay in its rigid, fired state is able to reveal its former soft and malleable qualities. Deflation, folds, surface– the effects of gravity, time, and atmosphere tell the object’s history. A minimalist geometry often divides the vessel, creating a horizon by way of contrast.

A modernist simplicity and elegance of form emerging from nature is my aim. Not precious or delicate, the work has a certain heft; a narrow palette of hues — black, white, earth, rust; and an economy of means.” Anne Traver

 

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