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Christine Wagner
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About the object: Christine Wagner's almost black object vase made of stoneware has the shape of a cross and therefore four arms. The object is approx. 17 cm high, 14 cm wide and 11.5 cm deep. The ground plan of the hand-built vase defines the clear form. The appeal of the object lies in the tension between its function as a vessel and the demand for a coherent overall form. With the metallic, volcanic rock-like surface and the reduction to the essentials, Christine Wagner has created a unique piece that impresses with its pure beauty.
Manufacturing process: The shapes of Christine Wagner's hand-built stoneware vases follow linear structures. Made from self-mixed, coarse-grained clay from the Westerwald, the black surfaces are created by using a mixture of metal oxides such as manganese and various ochre earths. At high temperatures, the oxides melt into an almost volcano-like, metallic surface. The objects are fired in a gas kiln with a reducing flame. By removing the oxygen in the reduction firing at 1280 degrees, Christine achieves a color spectrum of the fired clay from light grey to beige or darker brown tones, depending on the clay mixture.
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Christine Wagner (*1959 in Munich) completed her ceramic apprenticeship from 1980 - 1983 with Yasoji Sasaki in Toki-shi, Japan. This was followed by study trips to Korea and China and the continuation of her ceramic apprenticeship until 1985 in Landshut, Germany. Christine Wagner received her ceramics diploma from the University of Art in Linz, Austria in 1989.
She has been running her workshop studio in Munich since 1990 and since 2010 Christine has been teaching at the technical college for design in Karlsfeld and Unterschleißheim near Munich (since 2014).
Christine Wagner's excellent works are regularly shown in exhibitions and can be found in private and public collections (Die Neue Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; Bavarian State Chancellery, Munich; Peter Siemssen Foundation, Wesenberg / Ratzbek).
Christine about her work: "The focus is on the exploration of simple geometric shapes: the ground plan defines the form. By structuring the surfaces, there is a multitude of possibilities to vary the shape of the vessels. Minimal interventions allow the composition of the forms to be reassembled again and again.
Clay as a material, surface treatment and firing with an open flame have been my field of research for many years. The self-mixed, coarse-grained clay made of red and grayish clay from the Westerwald, the surface design with kaolin, the use of various white engobes and the use of metal oxides for the dark surfaces result in the specific appearance of my ceramics.
All the elements work together. This unique quality drives me to continue working with clay as a material, because it enables the combination of shaping and the change in materiality through the melting process in the kiln."