Anna Terry

Yūgen

My work shows my appreciation and passion for all the beautiful things in our natural world. I throw cups on the wheel and then use the surface as a canvas to sculpt, carve, and shape the forms and textures that I find appealing in nature like the color and form of flowers, trees, bugs, and other living organisms. I use underglazes to transfer images onto the surface and celadon glazes to effectively display the depth in the carving and sculpture. The mediums and processes I use are important to my work because they are what enables me to create the look and feel of the things I am emulating from nature. I am interested in the relationship between the earthly medium of clay that can be transformed into something beautiful and functional. Plants and creatures are beautiful, but they serve a purpose in the world. Because the beauty found in nature is the biggest inspiration to my work, I wanted this body of work to display the magnificence of our environment and all of the things in it.

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Fungi

Two cups with mushrooms carved and sculpted with green glaze. Sitting on a brick.

White Stoneware, Celadon Glaze, Underglaze Transfers, 11” x 6” x 6”, 2021, $300

Mushrooms carved and sculpted onto two cups displayed on a brick.

Blooms

Purple cups carved with carved flowers sitting on a white stone.

White Stoneware, Celadon Glaze, Underglaze Transfers, Size (11” x 6” x 6”), 2021, $300, 11” x 6” x 6”, 2021, $300

Magnolias and Coneflowers carved and sculpted onto two cups with bee transfers. Displayed on a white stone.

Key Lime Pie

Succulents carved on two cups sitting on a coordinating tray.

White Stoneware, Celadon Glaze, Underglaze Transfers, 11” x 6” x 6”, 2021, $300

Key lime pie and aloe plants carved and sculpted onto two cups with beetle transfers. Displayed on a coordinating tray.

Airborne

Two blue cups with images of flies and bees sitting a coordinating tray.

White Stoneware, Celadon Glaze, Underglaze Transfers, 11” x 6” x 6”, 2021, $250

Two cups. One with flies and the other with bees. Displayed on a coordinating tray.

Pests

Two red cups sitting on a coordinating tray.

White Stoneware, Celadon Glaze, Underglaze Transfers, 11” x 6” x 6”, 2021, $250

Two wheel thrown cups with flower and insects underglaze transfers. Displayed on a coordinating tray.

Crawlers

Two orange cups with beetles and ants sitting on a coordinating tray.

White Stoneware, Celadon Glaze, Underglaze Transfers, 11” x 6” x 6”, 2021, $250

Two cups with insect underglaze transfers. Displayed on a coordinating tray.

Swarms

Two aqua colored cups sitting on a coordinating tray.

White Stoneware, Celadon Glaze, Underglaze Transfers, 11” x 6” x 6”, 2021, $250

Two cups with bee and ant transfers. Displayed on a coordinating tray.