Tri-State
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| Cynthia Aldrich |
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Title: "Silent Screams" Description: Handmade tiled wall piece. Image is rendered using a "naked" raku technique. This piece is part of my installation, "Bearing Witness:Women Victims of War". Dimensions: 42"Hx42"Wx1"D Medium: Clay Date Created: 2002 |
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Title: "Bearing Witness: Women Victims of War" Description: "Bearing Witness" is an installation comprised of 7 goddess figures, 4 tiled wall pieces, a handmade brick floor piece and xeroxes of the newspaper pictures that were the inspiration for the work. Dimensions: largest firure 5'4"Hx18"Wx18"D Medium: various clays, fabric Date Created: 2002 |
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Title: "She Who Celebrates" Description: coil built figure Dimensions: 40"Hx18"Wx12"D Medium: earthenware with stone base |
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Title: "Demeter and Persephone" Description: Coil built figure Dimensions: 34"Hx20"Wx8"D Medium: earthenware |
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Title: "Justice?" Description: coil built figure Dimensions: 32"Hx12"Wx7"D Medium: earthenware |
| Web sites that feature work by Cynthia Aldrich |
| http://www.cynthiaaldrichpottery.com -- artist's personal website |
| Artist's Bio |
Cynthia Aldrich is a resident of Durham, NC and has been working with clay for over
thirty years. She has studied and had studios in New York, Michigan, Minnesota, and now
North Carolina. Her work encompasses two very different styles and approaches to clay.
Her primary focus is figurative ceramic sculpture inspired by images of prehistoric
goddess figures and symbols. In contrast, she pr ...... more
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| Artist's Statement |
Prehistoric and contemporary goddess forms from all cultures inspire the goddesses I create. The most notable influences, however, are the Greek cycladic goddesses (3000 - 1500 BC). These ancient goddesses with their triangle shaped heads are very powerful in their simplicity of line and shape. They are austere and static and yet have a softness and approachability to them, which establishes a ...... more |
| Resume |
Education:
B.S. Allegheny College (Chemistry), June, 1970
Ceramics
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, 1972-74
East Lansing Arts Workshop, MI, 1974-75
Various workshops
Teaching Experience:
East Lansing Arts Workshop, MI, 1978-81
Grants:
Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council - 1991,2002
Professional Memberships: ...... more |