Gerit Grimm Ceramics Artist

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Gerit grimm ceramics artist.

Surface techniques include hand modeling and carving. Once each part is thrown grimm begins joining pieces together in the leather hard stage. 2010 adjunct faculty for ceramics pitzer college claremont california. Since 2012 the artist has been an assistant professor of ceramics at the university of.

The pleasures of telling stories. As a ceramics installation it was made up of figurative scenes inspired by stories fables and masterworks from the history of european art. Skip navigation sign in. Triumphzug which translates as triumphal procession featured the ceramic works of gerit grimm.

As an artist grimm explored fantasy as it relates to reality. Trained in pottery in east germany. Artist gerit grimm creates her own fanciful narratives and characters inspired by fairytales mythology and religion in making her unique ceramic sculptures. Grimm builds her figures part by part on the potter s wheel.

Gerit grimm contemporary artist. A brief overview of the artist and her work. Gerit grimm s constructed histories. Browse artaxis full collection of artists a comprehensive source of peer reviewed contemporary artwork in ceramics and sculpture.

Born and raised in germany gerit grimm celebrates the rich history of the ceramic figurine in traditional art. Gerit grimm is known for stylized figurative ceramic sculpture. Gerit grimm art ceramics uwmadisoneducation. A brief overview of the artist and her work.

Gerit grimm gerit grimm was born and grew up in halle german democratic republic in 1995 she finished an apprenticeship learning the traditional german trade as a potter at altbuergeler blau weiss gmbh in buergel germany and worked as a journeyman for joachim jung in glashagen germany.