Amanda Bury will have an in person presentation at the NC University Craft Center in Raleigh, NC. on Jan. 29th. If you are interested in attending please contact the NC University Craft to register for this event. Visit Amanda Bury’s website to learn more about this artist and images of her work.
Event Registration Fee: $5.00 per person. Register through the NCSU Craft Center website at https://crafts.arts.ncsu.edu.
Artist Statement:
My drive to make functional pots comes from a deep reverence for food as the most intimate way humans relate to nature. My artistic practice quietly conveys my interest in the complex systems of culture, ethics, commerce, history, ritual, community and environment found within the realm of food production.
The formal language of my work is rooted in the growth patterns of nature. Geometric facets provide structure for color-blocked backdrops of abstracted crop field landscapes. Overlaying meandering parallel lines, intended as aerial viewed plow rows in soil, also serve as a visual language for the vast distances our often food travels. Stamped seed reliefs mark the origins of it all and are seen tallying up or across the form as a metaphor for crop yields of seasons past. Bold images inspired by personal experiences in nature, botanical/scientific illustrations, and vintage seed catalogs or packets occupy the foreground.
My image library includes pollinators, to whom we owe much of our food supply; tools/implements which reference the human hand in our agricultural system; and food/medicinal plants. Images are chosen for specific works based on associations to the form or function of the pot, and I do not dissect the part of the plant familiar to our kitchens from the natural whole. Through abstraction and quiet association my work brings a broad focus to the food on your plate. Serving as a reminder of the joy and wonders to be found in nature, our vital place within it, and our responsibility to care for it.
