Ceramic torso with bronze finish
Published May 24, 2011
This is a ceramic torso with a bronze finish made by painting the bisqued torso with a mixture of bronze filler and varnish.
I painted a layer of graphite powder and varnish on top and then rubbed back with steel wool.
I’ve been busy…
My ceramic torsos are made with hooks at the back to hang from – but I sometimes like to mount them on oak plinths like this one. The oak comes from a friend’s barn in Kent.
To see more of my ceramic art, please go to http://www.annakeiller.com
Art Show
Published February 16, 2011
The Art Forum at 36 Marina, St Leonards, is having a member show and the preview is on Friday the 18th at 6.30-8.30. If you’re around, then do pop in for a drink and a gander. I’ll be showing this ceramic torso with a cold bronze finish. See you there!
Angel – Ceramic torso
Published September 11, 2010When I entered the selection process for the Battle Art Fair, I submitted one of my best pieces – which had unfortunately already sold. I guess I didn’t expect to get in.
So when I was accepted, I suddenly had to make another, equally good, replica.
And I had three weeks in which to do it. I’m not sure, but I kind of like this angel. 
It is very similar because I used the same mold, but I made her pregnant. 
If you like to see it in real life, then this is where to go http://www.battlefineartfair.co.uk/
Male ceramic torso
Published July 11, 2010Lately I have concentrated on creating work for a ‘two man’ show at the Art Saffron Gallery in Battle (7-26 August) and for the Rye Society of Artists Summer show (7th of August -3rd September). I have had frequent swim breaks though! The weather is just too beautiful to ignore, and the sea a short walk from my house through the beautiful Old Town.
I have been experimenting with a new black clay. It is shorter and less plastic than my normal clay, and it dries jolly fast as well. So it’s not very user friendly. But I rather like the effect; 
This ceramic torso is bisque fired and then polished with bees wax. It is about 50 x 43 cm and made to hang on a wall….
Sold!
Published May 31, 2010
I have had a flurry of sales recently, which is lovely…Monet’s Garden is a ceramic torso with a blue glaze with multi coloured crystals creating little specks of colours resembling flowers.
Berry is a ceramic torso with a cold bronze finish made from bronze filler mixed with varnish. 
This Lady of the Forest wall sconce went all the way to Sweden!
Hastings Hot Houses!
Published April 1, 2010So the count down is ticking and the kilns and dustbins bulging…
I was pretty pleased how the smoke had treated this ceramic torso during my over night smoke firing session…
Please go to my website on www.annakeiller.com to see more of what will be on offer during the Easter Art Show.
The Mermaid
Published January 24, 2010
I am that soundless, boundless, bitter sea.
All tides are mine, and answer unto me.
Tides of the airs, tides of the inner earth.
The secret, silent tides of death and birth…
Dion Fortune: The Sea Priestess
I have got this need to create images of the Great Goddess in a human shape…I see the earth as a living entity, and I guess this is a way of communicating with her.
This is a smoke fired ceramic torso – 20”x14”.
It is made to hang from the wall with hooks at the back. See more at my website www.annakeiller.com.
Autumn mist and ferns – part five; smoke firing
Published October 19, 2009
I decided to put two of my ceramic torso through the smoke firing process…
I like the way the fire interact with the oxides.
Autumn mist and ferns – part four; the bronze age settlement
Published October 17, 2009
I am still living and dreaming ferns and clay. While walking across the East Hill in lemon afternoon sunlight, I imagine a bronze age settlement alive with people and horses. A woman from the camp walks towards me across the bracken. Her shape is dark against the sun but I know she is smiling.
When I got home I made a ceramic torso with a fern from the hills. I daubed a thin coat of manganese oxide on her body and made the fern bright green using copper oxide and transparent glaze. The size is 50cm x 35 cm and she is made to hang on the wall. I have made the torso look as though it has been recently unearthed from some archaeological dig with holes and cracks incorporated in the design.
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