Urban Landscapes
Typically Dutch—the distinctive canal houses and historic facades are the specialty of Dutch artist Alexandra Breeze. Using a mixture of clay, porcelain, and paper fibers, she creates her urban landscapes, which evoke the tradition of Delftware. Detailed surfaces—printed, embossed, painted, and modeled—give the reliefs a surprising depth. In this way, architectural structures are transformed into living spaces, imbued with memories and stories.
Alexandra Breeze
Jacoba van Beierenweg 98
2215KZ Voorhout
Netherlands
+31 1628971078
www.alexandrabreezeceramics.nl
alexandrabreezeceramics[at]gmail.com
Alexandra Breeze explains her areas of focus clearly:
Engobe refers to a mixture of finely slurried clay liquefied with water, which is applied to raw or also bisqued ceramic workpieces for decoration.
Smoke firing is a method of burning ceramics in open fires that has been in use since early times. People from different cultures and regions of the world used it to harden their ceramics and still do so today.
It refers to firing in a closed container (capsule) of refractory material in which the ceramics are placed.
Designation for a ceramic material made of feldspar, kaolin and quartz, with dense, light-coloured to white shards (term for a fired ceramic mass)
Designation for ceramics which, with or without glaze after the firing process above 1200° C, has a hard, solid and dense body (term for a fired ceramic mass).
In the context of the „Internationalen Keramiktage Oldenburg“ , the term "unique vessel" is associated with special, artistic vessels.
In the context of the „Internationalen Keramiktage Oldenburg“ , the term "sculpture/object" refers to ceramics that are not subject to any function.