Victoria Christen is known for altered wheel-thrown earthenware and porcelain functional pottery forms. Influenced by a family lineage of seamstresses, machinists, and folk artists, after throwing Christen forms are cut, folded and joined into a new final form.
Best known for her work with iron-rich earthenware, Christen uses a variety of surface techniques. Light colored slips or underglazes are applied to pre-fired clay followed with bright colored underglazes. A Sgraffito like technique is used to mark through glaze layers. A black hand-drawn line is used to accentuate color areas.
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