ALICE DREW CERAMICS

Alice Drew
Room 314C
Ceramics/Pottery
@alicebarrydrew

Alice’s work marries highly detailed decorative imagery with the organic characteristics of handmade pottery. The surface imagery is comprised of multiple layers screen-printed, and hand painted imagery. The screens are made from her original drawings, and are inspired by the home and garden. Embellished wallpaper, damasks, Ikat fabrics and architectural elements are all harmoniously intermingled with floral and animal motifs into her designs. The surfaces of her work are illustrative by nature, but contain only an implied narrative.

The blue and white chinoiserie work is inspired by the shipping trade between Europe and Asia during the 15th century, and its impact and influence on the aesthetics of the Decorative Arts. This work blends and layers both European and Eastern imagery into cohesive compositions onto three dimensional pottery forms. Furthermore, the shared blue and white themed color palette ties the blues of the European Delftware to the cobalts of Chinese porcelains.