Anthea Amore
Anthea Amore is a promising emerging ceramist. Her ceramic sculptures explore environmental themes and our human impacts. They investigate the beauty and fragility of our natural world and our relationship to it. Her work evokes a deep sense of connection and our innate interconnectedness. Educated at Lismore TAFE in a Diploma of Ceramics and an Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts majoring in Ceramics, Amore’s inspired work was awarded TAFE outstanding achievement (2020). She has been a finalist in various art prizes including In this Box, Corner Store Gallery, Ceramics in a Fragile World (2024), Foot Square & Petite, Aspire Gallery (2022/23), Urunga Sculpture prize (2022), Ingenuity Sculpture prize (2021), and Little Things Art Prize Saint Cloche Gallery (2021). She has been in several group shows including Brunswick Street Gallery, RED Gallery, Lismore Regional Gallery, NRCG Gallery to mention a few. Amore’s work appeared in The Journal of Australian Ceramics (2021/23).
Sowing the Seeds
Anthea Amore’s sculptural seedpods explore the power of planting seeds for future generations and the power of planting expansive thoughts and dreams. The work focuses on these natural objects that we find on the bush floor, on the beach or in our rural neighbourhoods.
Amore has used Raku clay and raku firing techniques, using raku and raku lustre glazes.
Instagram @antheaamoreceramics
Come and see for yourself at SWELL Sculpture Festival, Pacific Parade, Currumbin 12th – 21st September.