sculptural ceramics — Anja Rathje

Sculptural Ceramics

water earth self

2025 | clay and watercolor

self-representative storytelling bust

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water earth self, 2025

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need

2025 | clay and glaze

coil built vase

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mine, all mine

2023 | clay and glaze

Gold Key award in Ceramics & Glass category in the Scholastic 2024 Art competition

fate allowed me

20.5” x 9” x 9” | 2023-24 | stoneware clay, plaster, gesso, oil paints, and linseed oil

small scale sculptural works

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ciphering | 2025

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circulation | 2025

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construction | 2025

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continuing | 2025

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coordinating | 2025

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correlate | 2025

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cultivate | 2025

functional ceramics