Faces in Ceramics - Ehrich, Kris-Ann; Ehrich, Lisa Catherine
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Faces in Ceramics: People, Pots and Poems is a visually stimulating and aesthetically pleasing book which consists of original photographs and poems showing one-of-a-kind ceramic faces, pots and masks by two Australian sculptors and one American author/poet/photographer. The book draws together photography, poetry and ceramics and is a celebration of the clay medium in its most beautiful form. Accompanying most of the ceramic pieces is a poem that richly describes the essence of and gives meaning to each of the photographed ceramics. The photographs in the book lie at the intersection of art,…mehr

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Faces in Ceramics: People, Pots and Poems is a visually stimulating and aesthetically pleasing book which consists of original photographs and poems showing one-of-a-kind ceramic faces, pots and masks by two Australian sculptors and one American author/poet/photographer. The book draws together photography, poetry and ceramics and is a celebration of the clay medium in its most beautiful form. Accompanying most of the ceramic pieces is a poem that richly describes the essence of and gives meaning to each of the photographed ceramics. The photographs in the book lie at the intersection of art, sculpture and poetry. The arts are visual and tactile and are coupled with rich and provocative literary allusions. The photographs are designed to evoke emotions since visual data often bypasses the brain and moves straight to the heart. As this occurs with the book's images, the poetry is designed to provoke humanistic images which are in many cases historically based on key moments in the characters' lives. Among the heroic and historic faces are ceramics depicting Joan of Arc, Anne Boleyn, Anne Page, Shakespeare's Desdemona and Lady Beatrice, Hildegard of Bingen and Jesus of Nazareth. In addition to heroic figures and prototypical adults, the book covers themes such as love, longing and devotion; mythical figures and quirky faces; family; emotions; the human condition; and faces in other places.
Autorenporträt
Kris-Ann Ehrich's fascination with sculpture began in childhood but it was not until 2004 that she commenced studies with a Brisbane-based sculptor, creating mainly ceramic pieces but progressing to casting her work in bronze a couple of years later. Her portfolio of ceramic and bronze sculptures has, over time, propelled her towards an evolving trajectory exploring figurative, religious and mythical icons. The human condition with its frailties, emotion and vulnerability continues to inspire her. Since 2011, Kris-Ann has worked as an independent sculptor and has completed several important commissions. One of her most significant commissions was securing the Gallipoli project that saw her design and manufacture life-sized bronze busts of the nine Australian soldiers and one New Zealand soldier who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. Other commissions include Stations of the Cross for a Catholic school chapel; a life-sized portrait of Blessed E.I. Rice, a life-sized portrait of a Brisbane actor; and several portraits for private collectors. Her work has been selected for inclusion in Contemporary Masters Volume VII and Important Artists of the World, Volume 1. Kris-Ann has been invited to exhibit in the United States and Europe. Lisa Catherine Ehrich is an educational leadership consultant and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Formerly, she served for twenty-four years as an academic at QUT. She has co-authored nine books, over 100 refereed papers, 34 book chapters and presented her research at international and national conferences. It was during a sabbatical in 2011 that she commenced working with Fenwick English on several research projects that continue to this day. In 2016, Routledge published their first book, Leading Beautifully: Educational Leadership as Connoisseurship. For this book, they interviewed ten artists, one of whom was Kris-Ann Ehrich (Lisa's sister) and the seeds of their collaboration were sewn. Since 2013, Lisa has studied ceramics with Kris-Ann. Lisa is delighted that her ceramic pieces are included in this collection alongside her sister's work, and accompanied by Fenwick's insightful and emotive words. Fenwick W. English is the author and poet/photographer of this book. He is a former school teacher and administrator, and for the past twenty-five years a professor of educational leadership at more than seven US universities. His research on leadership has been conducted in America, Australia and England. He is the author or co-author of more than forty books over a thirty-year time period. He began writing poetry in college for the literary magazine and has continued to write poems on and off since then. He met Lisa Catherine Ehrich in 2011 when she came to study with him in the U.S. Together, they co-authored the book Leading Beautifully: Educational Leadership as Connoisseurship released in 2016. As part of the book, he met and interviewed Kris-Ann Ehrich and began to follow her work as a commissioned artist.