Christine federighi ceramic artist biography

  • Biography.
  • "Federighi was a member of the UM faculty for 32 years, joining the UM community in 1974.
  • Federighi had been a professor of ceramics at the University of Miami for thirty-two years.

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    Second year clay students in Leslie Portney's Sculptural Ceramics class have created sculptures worthy of recognition. The professional-quality clay sculptures are the culmination of a unit that focused on the use of symbolism to narrate personal experiences.

    Portney introduced her students to the works of contemporary ceramic artist Christine Federighi, who was known for using carvings and inscriptions to narrate symbolism in her ceramic forms. The students were able to study the detail in Federighi's work firsthand thanks to a regional art collector who brought one of the artist's sculptures into the studio.

    In addition to examining Federighi's artwork, students investigated universal symbols from different cultures around the world and learned the techniques of carving, slab building, and press molding. Portney then challenged the class to investigate and create personal metaphors that narrate a story about their own life experiences.

    Like Federighi, the students wrapped the surface of their sculptures with carvings, inscriptions, and symbols that are very meaningful.

    Emily T's artwork represents all of the things that she loves about nature, stars, flowers and waves. In her artist statement, Emily says that she included stars because she loves lying down in the grass

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  • 1. Clay and Wire Sculpture

  • 2. Christine Federighi Christine Federighi is a female, contemporary artist from the United States. She is currently a professor of Ceramics at the University of Miami.

  • 3. Federighi works with primarily clay and wire. The figures are fairly large, almost life size. She constructs her works using the coil method. Large pieces are often built using a wire armature for support.

  • 4. The rich surface designs are acquired through carving techniques. Federighi carves beautiful scenes or narratives into the surface, creating a relief sculpture on top of the sculpture itself.

  • 5. After firing, the pieces are sealed with a solid color painted "ground," usually black spray paint. Oil paint is dry brushed over the surface for color and is used in a painterly way, layering one tone of color over another for a deeper and varied color quality. The oil is allowed to sufficiently dry, usually two weeks and then sealed with a clear, satin polyurethane.

  • 6. “ My patterns are images and symbols that have reference to places, situations or experiences in my life. I organize the shapes in a floating composition that wrap each figure form.”

  • 7. “ The images might refer to mountain landscapes of the Western Uni

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    Christine Federighi


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    Long Go away House 1

    Carved instrumentality, coil built
    72"x 8"x 9"
    1994

    Artist Statement

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