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Ann Ruel

Ann Ruel, "Birds in a Meadow Origami Vase"
Ann Ruel, "What Would We Miss Without Bees Teapot and Cup Set"
Ann Ruel, "Birds and Bees Bee Skep Teapot"
Ann Ruel, "Bees in a Basket"
Ann Ruel, "Contemporary Terrarium Teapot"
Ann Ruel, "Geometric Terrarium Teapot"
Ann Ruel, "Contemporary Fruit Bowl"
Ann Ruel, "Stylized Bees Pitcher"
Ann Ruel, "Waggle Dance Mug"
Ann Ruel, "Flying into the Light Mugs"

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The pottery that I have been creating over the last few years is all hand drawn. I choose my images from my own unique vision of the world around me- as I want to see it. I gravitate towards detail, drama, complexity and childhood innocence. I often distort my drawings and like to connect the images as I draw them around the piece. I choose my forms to compliment my imagery and forms which I can use as a canvas. Most of the work is done on porcelain and porcelain striped with stoneware. I like to throw although lately, I have also added hand built pieces to my collection. Once the images are bisqued onto the pieces, I begin the tedious process of glazing. In the spirit of childhood innocence, all my work is colored with various hand made and commercial glazes and brushed on like a paint by numbers or a coloring book.

— Ann Ruel

Bio

My first pottery mentors were Gary Hatcher, Professor at University of Texas at Tyler and Jake Allee, Professor at Tyler Junior College. As I continued to take classes at the university level, I developed critical thinking skills and great work habits in the pottery studio.

In 2007, we moved to Virginia where I organized my own pottery studio, Little Street Pottery, LLC. I am represented in various galleries around Hampton Roads, Virginia and participate in numerous shows and festivals. I have had eight articles published in Pottery Making Illustrated. These articles were then republished in books edited by the American Ceramic Society.

I have been juried into nine national exhibitions and two international exhibits. In 2013, I was hired to teach pottery for the City of Norfolk, Virginia. I currently teach classes and workshops in southside Virginia.

I am a member of the local pottery guild in Hampton Roads called Ceramic Designer’s Association where I participate in group shows and volunteer with their annual Empty Bowls Dinner to help raise money for the hungry in the area. I am also a member of the Potter’s Council which is a nonprofit subsidiary for The American Ceramic Society.

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