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Andersen Studio Ceramic Art and Design from the mid-century to the contemporary. Slip-cast wild life sculpture and original functional forms, Handcrafted by Maine Artisans from raw materials found in the USA

 

The Handcrafted Ceramic Wren Sculpture by Andersen Studio of Maine is a gracefully abstracted rendition of the small wren, capturing the essential characteristics of the small bird, with a finely economized reserve. The result is an elegant and simple sculptural design that epitomizes the classic design that this small American ceramic art and design studio has been producing since mid-twentieth-century. The pleasing sculptural form is decorated with hand brushwork using the Andersen’s original brown decorating slip. The brushwork is spontaneous and reflective of an oriental influence without ever losing it’s distinctly American character. Andersen Studio invites individual expression from its handcraft artisans, which is particularly evident in the execution of the small stoneware wren, as our collection of photographs shows. The handcrafted pottery wren figurine is three inches long.

 

Authentic ceramic art and design from the mid-century to contemporary. Over fifty years of ceramic art and design expressed with uniquely American artistic individuality has resulted in the collectible lines of stoneware wildlife sculpture and ceramic functional form. presented here in the Andersen Studio Ceramic Stoneware Art And Design Gallery.Original designs in the cool and restful colors of the Maine Coast, these ceramic stoneware animals, birds, bowls , and vases, are taking their places in the age old history of crafts and technology in clay and related minerals.

 

The Turned Gull. Slipcast. Hand-crafted Ceramic Stoneware Bird Sculpture, hand-glazed in soft white matte glaze over tones of gently flowing gray on a white stoneware ceramic body. Turning Gull, large, 8 inches long,Turning Gull, medium, 7” long, ,Turning Gull, small, 6” long    Blue Ceramic Butterfly slip cast in red stoneware and glazed in our white matte glaze over flowing blues with green body. An unusual addition to your ceramic art collection. 7” tall. $75.00   The Paired Mating Dove facing Left or facing Right . Two Paired Doves, symbolic of intuitive love, makes the perfect wedding gift. Slipcast and hand-crafted by American artisans, glazed in the Andersen soft to the touch white matte galze with ebony beak and eyes over our white stoneware body. The Stoneware Dove is 8 “long.. Also available in Celadon glaze on a white stoneware body

 

 The original hand made sculptures are reproduced in plaster moulds by skilled New England artisans, using a stoneware slip casting method. Ceramic artisans then fettle (hand finish) the individual shapes before they are bisque fired, i.e., fired just hard enough for decorating and glazing.
                        Stoneware Egg Form Vase with Sculpted Lip. Designed by Weston Neil Andersen, 1950’s. This ceramic vase design won the young designers award for Living magazine. The pottery Egg Form is decorated in our Blue Green Birch tree pattern on a red stoneware body. 5.5” tall $45.00                    The Natural Stone Gray Ceramic Sea Urchin Bowl, small, by Andersen Design. This Stoneware Sea Urchin Bowl is a perennial favorite. A beautiful Ceramic Organic Form that is stunning in any of our unique Andersen glazes. As with all Andersen stoneware, the crafting of this pottery form starts with the raw materials of the earth found in the United States, which we use to create our original body and glaze recipes. The form was modeled by Weston Andersen and is finished by hand by Maine artisans. A true American classic in the field of ceramic art and design. 7” in diameter, this ceramic sea urchin bowl is shown in the natural tones of the rocky beaches of Maine- variegated grays, whites and ebony. The stoneware sea urchin bowl is also available in Bronze, Ebony, Verdigris, and Pure White, or as a one of a kind signed artist’s interpretation. $75.00 at www.andersenstudio.com

 

  

                                        The Natural Stone Gray Stoneware Sea Urchin Bowl, large, by Andersen Design. This Ceramic Sea Urchin Bowl is a perennial favorite. A beautiful Ceramic Organic Form that is stunning in any of our unique Andersen glazes. As with all Andersen stoneware, this pottery form starts with the raw materials of the earth found in the United States, which we use to create our original body and glaze recipes. The organic form was modeled by Weston Andersen and is finished by hand by Maine artisans. A true American classic in the field of ceramic art and design. 7” in diameter, this ceramic sea urchin bowl comes in Bronze, Ebony, Verdigris, White, Tones of Mottled Gray or as a one of a kind signed artist’s interpretation. $120.  

 

 


After hand decorating in which designs are painted freehand in wax and under-glaze colors, the ceramics are hand dipped in the unique Andersen glazes and fired to a temperature of 2200 degrees, They are then finished and graded before going to the collector.


Andersen Studio was established in the mid-twentieth century as Ceramics By Andersen. Weston and Brenda Andersen were emerging artist-designers in the mid-century urban designer movement. Weston Andersen studied ceramic production under Eva Zeisel in a landmark ceramic production class at Pratt Institute. The Andersen’s received a young designers award in Living magazine for their egg shaped vase with lip 

               The Stoneware Seal Emerging from Water is an unusual a striking addition to the Andersen Studio ceramic marine life art collection. Inspired by the seals that pop their heads out of the water and greet the passing boats. Soft gray hues flow over the red stoneware body glazed in the soft to the touch Andersen White Matte Glaze. Expressive eyes are glazed in Ebony. 6 inches diameter $75.00 retail        

                                                               Andersen Studio’s Stoneware Chipmunk Sculpture standing in alert attention. Our ceramic chipmunk is handcrafted by Maine Artisans with our brown slip over a red stoneware body and ebony and matte white galzed stripes on its back. 5” tall $55.00

 


Andersen stoneware took it’s own unique path when they set up their own hands- on hand-crafted ceramic production studio on the coast of Maine. Ceramics by Andersen arrived in Maine with a line of mid-century classic ceramic stoneware vases, bowls and functional designs. The natural environment of Maine inspired a line of wildlife ceramic stoneware sculpture and ceramic art. Ceramics by Andersen became the Andersen Studio retail ceramic art and design gallery and Andersen Design, the wholesale line of classic stoneware ceramic art and design. The Andersen’s pioneered a ceramic studio industry in the Boothbay Region on the coast of Maine.

                                                             

                                                             Stoneware Rabbit with Ears Back. Finished in mottled grays and our white matte glaze over our red stoneware body. This pottery rabbit is handcrafte4d by Maine artisans from raw materials sourced in the United States. 5” long $45.00    

 

Weston and Brenda Andersen began designing and handcrafting Andersen Stoneware in their small Maine ceramic production studio in the mid-century (1952). Their first ceramic art gallery, Ceramics by Andersen, was located in a two hundred year old barn, along a country road on Southport Island, Maine .


                               Ceramic Polar Bear, sculpture by Weston Andersen. Stoneware Polar Bear stands 5 inches tall. Andersen Design's Stoneware wildlife sculptures are slip-cast and handcrafted by American artisans.

 

The second generation of six, Elise, Mackenzie , Christine, Karen, Gerda and Iain, have contributed ceramic designs and development. Andersen Design Ceramic Studio Production and the Andersen Studio Ceramic Art and Design Gallery all continue at the original location in East Boothbay. Maine, USA

 
 

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