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Education:

 

2007	Graduated from the Aarhus Academy of Art, faculty of Ceramics, Instructors: Helle Hansen, Kim Holm, Kjeld Slot, Joergen Hansen og Bo Moelgård. Work shop by: Claus Domine Hansen.
2002 - 2004	Educated as a teacher of fine art.
1998 - 2001	Clay-Art, School of Glass and Ceramis in Aarhus: One-year basic training, followed by 2-years of special studies with workshops and independent projects. Guest instructors: Barbro Aaberg, Marianne Buus, Mark Lauberg, Signe Højmark, Karen Harsbo, Nina Hole, Aage Birch. Workshops at "International Ceramic Research Center - Denmark Guldagergaard".
1989 - 1995	Degree in Biology, University of Aarhus.
Teach Ceramics	Teacher of ceramics: Co-founder of and teacher at the Children’s Art School Society. Courses for children and adults, primary and secondary school teachers and evening classes at Clay Art. Guest teacher of ceramics at the Enggaarden Kindergarden and the Aarhus School of Fine Art. Egmont college and KARAVANA, workshop for mentally handicapped adults.

Coming exhibitions:
 

21st September - 19th October 2008

"SAK", Svendborg, Denmark

Exhibitions:
 

Sculptural Ceramics:

The website primarily shows pieces made in connection with my graduation from the Aarhus Academy of Art in 2007. The sculptural bowls, dishes and vases are inspired by taut organic forms - the exterior surfaces rough and dull, the interior surfaces silky and shiny.

My inspiration comes from botany - for example from the cross-sections of the stems and leaves of plants, and the joining of leaves and stems with both round and angular shapes. I am interested in organic shapes, with their seemingly endless variations, while maintaining both rhythm and order.

I work partly with the contrast between the outer and inner shapes and surfaces, partly with the spaces that arise when cutting open – spaces that join and interact with each other.
In the process, the sculptures develop into bowls or dishes.

The material I use is rough perlite clay that enables me to work spontaneously and rapidly. The prime rough shape is quickly established while the clay is in a soft state. It is only after 1-3 days that secondary shapes and structures are added and the whole sculpture is tapped carefully into shape until a satisfactory balanced tension between the various elements has been achieved.  In this way the rough outer structure is preserved. The sculptures are subsequently cut open, hollowed out and fired at 1120 degrees Celsius. The outer surfaces are treated with terra siggilata and oxides – to show off the rough character of the perlite clay.

Jane Aksglaede