Gurli Hjorth - selected works
I collect earth!After a couple of years making simple ceramic forms in bright glazes, I took a sample of some local earth, and fired it in my gas-kiln.
The glaze it produced was so surprising, it made me laugh!
The glaze was quite different from what I was used to - its multitude of colours and its texture overwhelmed me.
Since then, I have collected earth samples from all sorts of places, and my work has taken on a new, more sculptural direction.
My collection of earth samples ranges from earth which is from 1 to 65 million years old.
The different expressions these sorts of earth produce are a constant challenge and source of inspiration.
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(*) Foto: Ole Akhøj