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Pottery and Printmaking |
Nausika Richardson has been a maker of functional and sculptural-decorateve pottery for over thirty years. Her adobe art studio sits in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in a small northern New Mexico village on the banks of the Rio Embudo. Nausika studied ceramics at the University of Michigan as well as with master potters such as Shoji Hamada, Michael Cardew, Rudy Autio, Betty Woodman and others. Her fluid and whimsical style seeks to combine function, decoration, and an ease in everyday use of each piece. For this she has chosen the technique of majolica, which lends itself to painterly yet very folky expression. Nausika's pottery is entirely hand made on the wheel or through construction with slabs. She uses a rich red earthenware clay which is covered with a semi-translucent smooth white glaze decorated with bright slips and oxides. This method produces a low fired ware which is very strong and resilient, and also safe for table use. /the colorfully painted pieces dance with designs of fishes and fruits interspersed with abstract arrangements of colors and lines. A native of Slovakia, Nausika has traveled in the countries of Turkey, Greece, Italy, France and the Czech Republic, as well as Mexico, observing as well as studying ancient and contemporary folk pottery. Nausika says that one of her strongest influences in Minoan pottery dating back to 4000 years ago. She first saw these pots on the island of Crete, whose rocky shores dotted with junipers remind her of New Mexico. "The forms of these ancient pots had a power of presence which I attempt to infuse my work with" she says. In her functional work one can clearly see her love of European folk pottery as well as contemporary lightness which gives her work a special appeal. |
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In the past years Nausika has shown her work nationally. At this time she chooses to show only in New Mexico. She has slowed her pottery making in order to create space for painting on canvas and drawing. Her ceramics have gotten many positive reviews as well as having won awards and prizes at numerous shows. Nausika maintains a well stocked showroom of her work in her studio. Shw shows her functional majolica pottery, one of a kind sculptural vessels as well as abstract monotypes, collages and paintings. Nausika's studio is 50 miles north of Santa Fe, 25 miles south of Taos, off Highway 75 on County Road 0064 #30.
Nausika Richardson |
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