Skip to main content

bio

Turbulence, Shield Series. Formed and chased bronze.
Sculptural pendant form. Diameter: 2.5"

 
Christine Pedersen is a Calgary metal and clay artist. Her pieces are typically one of a kind, or form part of an on-going series of related forms. Christine also creates private commissions, and public art projects.

Christine has a long connection to working in clay. As a teenager, she made clay animal models and figurines for a local pottery in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, UK. After leaving home for college in 1982, she did not touch clay again until she emigrated to Canada in 1995, becoming a member at North Mount Pleasant art Centre. She studied in the Jewellery + Metals Program at Alberta University of the Arts (formerly Alberta College of Art + Design). Christine is a professional member of the Alberta Craft Council, the Vancouver Metal Arts Association and is part of LEXM, the artist collective created and lead by Jeff de Boer. 

Christine writes and photographs extensively as part of her studio life, and for publication. Commissioned works are often accompanied by video—for the love of documenting both the making process, and the personal stories that led to their creation. Christine became a full-time professional artist after leaving her post in health promotion and policy in Public Health at Alberta Health Services (2011), and finishing jewellery and metal studies in 2012. 

 selected publications: 

Narrative Jewellery: Tales From The Toolbox by Mark Fenn. Published by Schiffer Books.

The Society of North American Goldsmith's Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey Vol.2   includes a scuptural Plum Tree Screen made by Cory Barkman and Christine.

The Crafted Dish by Carole Epp in Partnership with National Clay Week. Published on demand by Blurb.

Reading the Clues. Article about team-firing John Chalke's wood-fired noborigama kiln. Ceramic Review 218.

Click here for Youtube videos, and see more from my studio on instagram.

Opening ring-box, private commission. Formed, repousséd, and chased. Brass and aluminium.
Design inspired by the Golden Snitch, the ring-box body has removeable wings and presentation stand.
Christine Pedersen & Jeff de Boer.

 		   

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

will you...?

Artists write stories about their work all the time, and the greatest joy is when that story becomes important to another person.  This project was about creating a piece of fan-art for a client (DP) based on their love of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter stories. DP approached Jeff de Boer because he needed to commission a very special golden snitch sculpture: the body would become an opening engagement ring-box. DP had a very special proposal in mind, and the snitch was to play a key part. Jeff and I do not usually make snitches. Jeff is a renowned metal artist and teacher, famous for creating armour for cats and mice , and collected world-wide. Jeff also has an ever-increasing body of large-scale public art projects (…with lots of news to come in 2016!). His web-site is a magical place, full of stories made real. I am an emerging metal and clay artist whom Jeff is mentoring - particularly in the skills of chasing and repoussé - and these skills were to be at the core of makin...
Post a Comment
Read more

thanks for all the fish

It already feels like ages ago but Rainbow Trout has only been up since June 1, and the “Making Of…” video is now ready to share - hope you enjoy it. I think it is fair to state that all makers will understand the challenges of the average day in the studio: we design/make/fix/modify tools all the time—and we learn to accept that is really the entry level of committing to a life of making original work—it’s all about problem solving. And the bigger the work, the bigger and more costly the problems! But that’s where a talented team really shines - I was second camera on this project and it was a privilege to watch the many highly skilled professionals who contributed to building Rainbow Trout. As Jeff notes in the video, we won’t always be able to say what we mean clearly to someone else, and there will inevitably be different solutions to the same problem… It’s how we remedy our problems, in this case with humour and grace, that really sets the tone for success. Thank you to e...
Post a Comment
Read more

come meet the herd!

I will be riding off to Bluerock to join sculptor Kindrie Grove, painter Jennifer Mack, metal artist Simon Wroot, and equine jewellery maker Simone Schlichting to present “Meet The Herd!” at Bluerock Gallery in Black Diamond, Alberta. We will be presenting equine art and artist demos over the weekend of July 16 and 17, 2016. Full details here: http://bluerockgallery.ca/blogs/events/meet-the-herd-july-16-17-2016 I love making equine-inspired art but it is usually a fairly private obsession as I mainly create commissions in clay - I will have new clay horse pieces, and chased metal pictures available. There will also be new ceramic work for Bluerock - large porcelain platters, small vases and covered jars, some porcelain sculpture, and a few bright bowls to gladden hearts and tables. Pieces are all hand-built and finished by me at my home studio—it takes a long time to make and fire the work, and I am now starting to build an inventory of my favourite forms alongside my vases at ...
Post a Comment
Read more