Anne Mette Hjortshøj ceramics exhibition walk-through | GOLDMARK.TV
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- A walk-through of our latest ceramics exhibition featuring the work of Danish potter, Anne Mette Hjortshøj. goldmarkart.com
Anne Mette Hjortshøj - Major Ceramics Exhibition 2020
28 November 2020 - 24 December 2020
‘I laugh when I hear Anne Mette say “It’s just mud, it’s just clay” because to me, as I cradle one of her pots in my hand, it is anything but.’ Nigel Slater for Goldmark’s Anne Mette Hjortshøj catalogue 2020.
Goldmark, Uppingham is welcoming back one of today’s great potters, Anne Mette-Hjortshøj, for an exhibition of new work at the gallery from November. At the time of writing the exhibition can be visited in person by appointment and be seen 24/7 on goldmarkart.com and on goldmark.tv.
Anne Mette Hjortshøj began her career in ceramics with a student apprenticeship to legendary potter Phil Rogers in 1998. Rogers has said that he was apprehensive before he met her; with her arrival, however, he knew instinctively that Anne Mette was not only humble and attentive but greatly talented, displaying inner strength and determination that would ensure a long and creative career.
Anne Mette has built three large kilns in her native Denmark, the latest a two chamber wood firing kiln built in September 2011 at her ramshackle farmhouse on the west coast of Bornholm. Though all her pots exhibit her desire to challenge herself in glaze and form, her slab bottles are certainly Anne Mette’s tour de force. Her pottery combines beautiful aesthetics with a function befitting the hardiest domestic ware.
Despite her modest comment above about ‘just mud’ Ms Hjortshøj spares nothing in her work to create memorable and life enhancing ceramics. Speaking as she was preparing for the exhibition Anne Mette Hjortshøj commented:
‘We are firing my two chamber wood kiln in three weeks time and the pots need to be the best I ever made for this firing - again. I have a new batch of ash prepared for a new ash glaze and blends of wild clays that I need to prepare … It is difficult and it is a time consuming journey.
Later she said…
‘… My pots are drying, the bigger jars must be finished today as I only have the remaining two weeks for smaller pieces and few new ideas to be added to the upcoming firing. I am working towards an exhibition, with the Goldmark Gallery in England. I am working towards an exhibition in this finest Gallery in the world when it comes to showing studio pottery.’
Practical, charming and simply beautiful the work of Anne Mette Hjortshøj are probably best described by Nigel Slater - ‘Pots that enrich my life simply by being there.’ - Jak na to + styl
You did a spectacular job on describing the work of Anne Mette. Art does matter and artists matter and deeply affect our lives. Thank you.
Anne Mette's artistry is enthralling. Her line work is simple and uncontrived; filled with elemental energy both subtle and dynamic.
I love this channel! Fascinating documentaries and walk-throughs, obviously you put a huge amount of work into them. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
I think you do a phenomenal job at showcasing the pots and potters who make them. You do find the words and just like the potters you describe who go through a process special to them, you go through a process describing them. I love to listen and experience the process of you finding these words. Well done!
Anne-Mette is just incredible....as a potter and as a person. Well dome Goldmark!
A pleasure as always Nigel to listen to you. Your knowledge and connection with ceramics is evident, with your emotional attachment showing through with this collection
Thank you for your sensitive guide through this special world
Our pleasure!
I love all the films you make about potters. I was especially moved by that first you did with Anne Mette.
I wish whoever did the walk through of the exhibition shared with us his name - he did a great job speaking about the work
Modest artist that brings beautiful and wonderful works
Thank you, Goldmark Gallery, for showing us around this beautiful exhibition.
Nice talk. I have seen a couple of shows from you now and I love the way you present the work of Potters. I love the little touches with the flowers in the pots. It's such sensitive and respectful presentation that I want to be part of it. But of course my work is not what you would exhibit. But it makes my ceramicist heart sing. Thank you so very much for the video. 😊
Thank you so much!
Thank you for your very soothing gallery talks, looking forward to visiting Goldmark at some stage in the future.
Thank you for showing this beautiful work. It really picked me up from Potters' Despair! ( Broken kiln, orders waiting, Christmas deadline 😩) I would so love to see this in person, but ordering the catalogue has helped.
This a very interesting documentary. To me, a New Zealander, it brings back memories of times past. This Danish potter's work has a strongly domestic reference. If I think of New Zealand studio pottery from the late 1940s to the early 1980s, fuelled by Bernard Leach's Anglo-Oriental ethic, which combined the idea of ceramic art with domestic use, this is a beautiful retro studio pottery. If I had the money I would splash out on these works.
I wish I was living near there , to visit all your exhibits, and shows ....alas I’ve only been there once ( 2 Xmas ago ) , on my way to see my brother’s place near Nottingham . Will get along there again , I hope 🤞
Exquisite work! Thank you Goldmark
Love her work and her ways.
Beautiful
Thank you 🙏🏼
You’re welcome 😊
Im scambling for adjectives here. Im stuck with 'honest, true, modest' . Thank you for bringing her work to the bottom of Africa. How else would i have ever seen this.
sehr schön vorgestellt
Estoy enamorada de sus piezas. Enhorabuena.
Beautiful work!
Where can I sign up to be an "unwrapper" and how much does it cost?? Surely that is the best job at the gallery and beyond.
😀 we love it!
Beautiful works 😍
Too lovely
Beautiful
Go hálainn agus go hiontach - cruthaítear aontas idir dhuine agus cheantar i do photaireacht suaimhneach.
🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
ЗАВОРАЖИВАЮЩАЯ, НЕЗЕМНАЯ КРАСОТА.....
She makes nice things, but it is all just trial (and error). Do I like them? Yes. Are they truly so special..? Nah, not really, but once you make a bit of a name, you're set, it seems...
Get some people that are known to talk about your pots, let some famous people use them, put them in a galery and make a fancy catalog... and suddenly it is 'magic'...
How much for that bowl sir? Well, it's 16£ for the pot, 23£ for the galery, 18£ for the trial and error, 11£ for the catalog and 26£ for 'the name'... That's about it. It's partly 'nice things' and a lot of blabla and marketing...
You did a spectacular job in describing the work of Anne Mette. Art and artists matter and they deeply affect our lives. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful