GOREGE BILLIS GALLERY / ALICE FEDERICO

ARTIST STATEMENT, 2005

Looking and making…until recently, my experience with pots has been about surface and decoration.

Three years ag¥ I became interested in the work of the English potter, Lucie Rie. I researched her surfaces; but I als¥ began LOOKING at her forms, trying t¥ determine how she made these simple forms with extended bellies, cinched necks, and small feet. I put a phot¥ of one of her pots on my studi¥ wall s¥ that I could look at it as I threw on my wheel. I've loved every minute. Lucie Rie has taught me t¥ look past surface decoration, t¥ see the form.

Forms made on a potter's wheel are particular. They are round. Wheel-thrown vessels sometimes look slick, as though they were turned on a lathe; sometimes, they look alive with gesture. But the work of Lucie Rie attracted me because it is neither. Her vessels are sculptural FORM.

I have taken Lucie Rie as my mentor, and she has shown me where in the world of clay I want t¥ be. For me, it is enough t¥ make simple vessels with strong, graceful, profiles.

743, 14.75x5", ceramic vessel 749, 7.75x4.25", ceramic vessel 769, 13.25x5.25", ceramic vessel 740, 15x4.5", ceramic vessel

762, 14x4.5", ceramic vessel 771, 15.5x4.5", ceramic vessel 764, 14.25x6", ceramic vessel		752, 14.75x5.5", ceramic vessel 772, 14.75x4.5", ceramic vessel 761, 14.25x6.25", ceramic vessel

741, 13x4.5", ceramic vessel 751, 12x5.25", ceramic vessel 768, 14.75x6.5", ceramic vessel		Porcelain vessels, 2006

DSC 7214, porcelain vessel, 16.25 x 5", 2006		DSC 7190, porcelain vessel, 16 x 6.5", 2006

DSC 7133, porcelain vessel, 16 x 6.5", 2006		#2006, ceramic vessel, 15.5 x 5", 2006

Installation View, 2006

#2106, ceramic vessel, 16.5 x 5.5", 2006		#1606, ceramic vessel, 15.25 x 4.5", 2006

#0906, ceramic vessel, 16.75 x 4.5", 2006		#0106, ceramic vessel, 14.5 x 4", 2006

	ARTIST STATEMENT, 2005 Looking and making…until recently, my experience with pots has been about surface and decoration. Three years ag¥ I became interested in the work of the English potter, Lucie Rie. I researched her surfaces; but I als¥ began LOOKING at her forms, trying t¥ determine how she made these simple forms with extended bellies, cinched necks, and small feet. I put a phot¥ of one of her pots on my studi¥ wall s¥ that I could look at it as I threw on my wheel. I've loved every minute. Lucie Rie has taught me t¥ look past surface decoration, t¥ see the form. Forms made on a potter's wheel are particular. They are round. Wheel-thrown vessels sometimes look slick, as though they were turned on a lathe; sometimes, they look alive with gesture. But the work of Lucie Rie attracted me because it is neither. Her vessels are sculptural FORM. I have taken Lucie Rie as my mentor, and she has shown me where in the world of clay I want t¥ be. For me, it is enough t¥ make simple vessels with strong, graceful, profiles.

	Installation 2005

	#0501, ceramic vessel, 14 x 7", 2005	#0502, ceramic vessel, 12 x 8.25", 2005

	#0505, ceramic vessel, 16 x 5.25", 2005	#0508, ceramic vessel, 13.5 x 4.25", 2005
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