Vase, Guava

Anna Calluori Holcombe is known for porcelain ceramics, both functional and sculptural, inspired by the forms of the natural world. Calluori Holcombe works in series. Calluori Holcombe’s work also combines clay and technology by using 3D digital scanners and 3D printing to make realistic molds for porcelain, and firing with digital decals.

Anna Calluori Holcombe’s older work was influenced by the concept of still life painting. Calluori Holcombe was inspired by “modern and contemporary artists depicting the everyday objects, such as Cezanne, Picasso, and Elizabeth Murray,” and how still-life artists can “repeatedly paint such simple everyday objects and brilliantly capture their mystical qualities.”1 This research series began when Calluori Holcombe was a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in 1991. The work was made of slab-built earthenware clay and glazed with terra sigillate and stains for color.