Ceramics & Pottery
Frog Fantasy Ceramic Tile by Pat Warwick
- Item Number
- 242
- Estimated Value
- 98 USD
- Sold
- 40 USD to jodes1344
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Artist Pat Warwick of Warren Rhode Island created this ceramic tile titled Frog Fantasy. It’s made of clay, hand embossed and hand glazed, backed in cork. It measures 10” in diameter.
The splash of fins. The buzz of bees. The hum of dragonflies. Stand among ceramist Pat Warwick’s art and you can almost hear the sounds of the natural world. Her work merges the imagination of an artist and the training of a designer with quality craftsmanship honed through 25 years of working with clay.
Each design begins as a full size drawing rendered freehand. Once it has been transferred to the prepared clay, the tiles are cut. Then, using knives and modeling tools, Pat creates her intricately textured designs into the clay’s surface, allowing many layers of glaze to be applied. Fine in detail and vibrant in color, it is the rich depth of these glazes that brings her images to life.
Pat Warwick has never been far from the sea. Raised in New England, she spent many summers in the beachtown of Old Lyme, Connecticut. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, Pat left the area on an old schooner headed for the Caribbean. Her talents as a graphic designer eventually brought her to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, where she illustrated and designed materials for the Institute’s Marine Resource Center. The resulting drawings became the basis for her first installation – a school of fish for her own kitchen. Twenty-five years later, Pat Warwick’s commissioned work can be seen in private homes around the world. Within the US, her work can be seen in both galleries and juried artisan shows. Still living by the sea, in Warren, Rhode Island, Pat continues to refine her signature themes, while exploring new tribal designs inspired by her travels to Zanzibar, Mali and Tanzania.
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