Anne Hirondelle
Anne Hirondelle began her career making functional pots. After perfecting these forms by working as a production potter, Hirondelle begin to experiment with the alteration and scale of traditional forms. By 2002 ...
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Anne Hirondelle began her career making functional pots. After perfecting these forms by working as a production potter, Hirondelle begin to experiment with the alteration and scale of traditional forms. By 2002 she was creating architectural soda ash glaze vessels, especially teapots and pitchers. Her new body of work, minimalist sculptures or wall mounted pieces, still featured a vessel component. She composed these forms using a deconstructed thrown bowls that she cut and reconfigured or extruded clay that she used to make freestanding tangled sculptures.
In another body of work, Hirondelle painted her sculptures with a combination of latex and acrylic paints after firing in attempt to free herself from the confines of glaze. Her "Go Pillows" and "Re:Coil" series of 2012 each incorporate a bright color palette; contrasting with her more prolific use of earth tones.
Hirondelle uses an electric wheel and a propane-fired, down-draft, 50 cu.ft. kiln that she designed and built.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1976—
Studio Potter, Port Townsend, Washington
Other
- Public Collections
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Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Arrowmont School for the Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gateway Tower, Seattle, Washington
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Stanford University Art Museum, California
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
White House Collection of American Crafts, Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Bibliography
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Clark, Garth, and Tony Cunha. The Artful Teapot. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill, 2001..
Lauria, Jo, and Jake Seniuk. Anne Hirondelle: Ceramic Art, Thomas T. Wilson Series. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2012.
Lauria, Jo, and Gretchen Atkins. Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Rizzoli International, 2000.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Anne Hirondelle, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/anne-hirondelle
