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Ani Kasten
I am influenced by natural and geological imagery, and my forms and compositions explore the meeting point of phenomena occurring in nature and objects wrought by the human hand. The pieces weave these two points of origin into integrated landscapes, where I look for a balance between the naturally occurring tendencies of the materials, the force of my hands, and my aesthetic ideas. I make use of wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques to explore the spectrum, breadth, and limits of clay. The interactions and relationships between differing clay bodies, which include black or white stoneware clay, porcelain, and locally sourced ‘wild clay’, as well as various types of stone added for texture, are what interest me as metaphors for human interactions and relationships.
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including 2,000 underserved school children, each year.
