Andrea Walsh
Born: 1974Place of Birth: Stockport, England
Andrea lives and works in Edinburgh and set up her studio in 2005 following the completion of a degree in fine art, and postgraduate study in glass, at Edinburgh College of Art. She has since received invaluable support from the Crafts Council (UK) and Creative Scotland, enabling the continued creative development of her practice that pushes the boundaries of her chosen materials – ceramics and glass. A significant contribution to her practice has been the award of residencies including the ‘Artist Into Industry Residency’ through the British Ceramics Biennial – a project with the ‘Minton’ brand based at the Wedgwood ceramics factory in Stoke-on-Trent (UK), which facilitated learning directly from master craftsmen, and allowed privileged access to historical archives. This opportunity continues to influence her practice to the present day. Andrea has established a growing exhibition profile in the UK and internationally. Her work has been shortlisted for the British Ceramics Biennial Award on three occasions, purchased for major public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum and National Museums Scotland, and in 2017 was one of twelve finalists in the BBC Radio 4/V&A/Crafts Council ‘Woman’s Hour Craft Prize’. Andrea was also shortlisted for the LOEWE Craft Prize 2019.
'My work is an exploration of the box and vessel form, through which I am interested in ideas of containment, materiality, preciousness and value. Working with glass in combination with fine bone china, I seek to celebrate their shared material qualities including purity and translucency and am influenced by their alchemic nature and rich historical associations. Contained Boxes are my most recent series of work. In each piece the vessel is kiln cast in glass, forming an individual vitrine, which cradles a small ceramic box within. Intimate in scale, the work embraces tactile investigation due to it’s form, size and proportion and evokes a response akin to jewellery, eliciting the desire to hold and to cherish. Each single work in this series results in an entirely unique study of interior and exterior, their direct relationship, and captures a subtle, timeless presence. The opacity of the container can conceal, or if translucent can veil, the contained box held within, which is revealed only when the viewer is drawn closely to look inside from above. Therefore the display of these pieces is integral to the work, where differences and relationships between the pieces can be experienced, and yet where they are also afforded the space to breathe.' - Andrea Walsh, 2018.
Andrea presented her first solo exhibition at The Scottish Gallery in May 2018 and her work featured in A Considered Place - The Edit in February 2020.
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Contained Box (Soft Square) View details
Andrea Walsh
Contained Box (Soft Square)
2019lost wax cast Aventurine glass, black fine bone chinaH:9cm W:10cm D:10cm£4,250Photograph: Shannon ToftsContained Box (Soft Square) View detailsAndrea Walsh
Contained Box (Soft Square)
2019lost wax cast nude glass, fine bone china, 22ct burnished goldH:9cm W:10cm D:10cm£5,500Photograph: Shannon ToftsSmall Round Box View detailsAndrea Walsh
Small Round Box
2017frit glass and black fine bone china with 22ct burnished gold exteriorH:3.5cm W:7cm£1,200Photograph: Shannon ToftsSmall Round Aventurine Box View detailsAndrea Walsh
Small Round Aventurine Box
2015Aventurine blue glass and black fine bone chinaH:3cm D:7.5cm£600Collection of Tiny Faceted Boxes View detailsAndrea Walsh
Collection of Tiny Faceted Boxes
2017glass and fine bone china with 22ct burnished gold or platinumH:3cm W:4.5cm£385 - £495 each (middle sold)Photograph: Shannon ToftsCollection of Tiny Faceted Boxes View detailsAndrea Walsh
Collection of Tiny Faceted Boxes
2017warm white glass and fine bone china with 22ct burnished gold, pale copper glass and fine bone china with 22ct burnished gold, nude glass and fine bone chinaH:3cm W:4.5cm£275 (left and middle sold)Photograph: Shannon ToftsCollection of Tiny Faceted Boxes View detailsAndrea Walsh
Collection of Tiny Faceted Boxes
2017pale yellow glass and fine bone china, pale yellow glass and fine bone china with 22ct burnished gold, clear glass and fine bone chinaH:3cm W:4.5cm£275 (left available)Photograph: Shannon Tofts-
Contained Box (Soft Oblong) Black and Black with Gold Interior View details
Andrea Walsh
Contained Box (Soft Oblong) Black and Black with Gold Interior
2018lost wax cast glass, black fine bone china, 22ct burnished gold interiorH:9cm W:16.5cm D:10cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsContained Box - Rounded Oval, Clear Frit and White View detailsAndrea Walsh
Contained Box - Rounded Oval, Clear Frit and White
2018Lost wax cast glass and fine bone chinaH:9cm W:14cm D:10cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsContained Box - Rounded Oval, Pale Yellow and Gold View detailsAndrea Walsh
Contained Box - Rounded Oval, Pale Yellow and Gold
2018Lost wax cast glass, fine bone china and 22ct burnished goldH:9cm W:14cm D:10cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsTiny Faceted Boxes View detailsAndrea Walsh
Tiny Faceted Boxes
2018glass and fine bone china, with 22ct burnished goldH:3cm W:4.5cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsSmall Round Box View detailsAndrea Walsh
Small Round Box
2017white glass and fine bone chinaH:3.5cm W:7cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsSmall Round Box View detailsAndrea Walsh
Small Round Box
2018Pale yellow glass and fine bone china boxH:3.5cm W:7cmSoldSmall Round Box View detailsAndrea Walsh
Small Round Box
2015Clear Glass and Black Fine Bone China with 22ct Burnished Gold ExteriorH:3.5cm D:7cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsLoading
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