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Annette Libby

Talented Artist Annette Libby was born in Germany and grew up in the beautiful region of Wetterau north of Frankfurt am Main. Her love for nature startet when she was a little girl and already at that time she would collect  leaves which she carefully dried and stored in albums.

Münzenburg / Wetterau - Germany

Later on she married a charming american guy and they moved to Virigina Beach, VA 26 years ago. Her love for nature remained  but it was not until they moved to North Carolina where a happy coincidence got her in touch with clay.

Annette started to work as sales assistant in a pottery near Raleigh, NC and from the very beginning she was fascinated that one can turn a moist and moldable piece of clay into something completely permanent just by introducing heat, whereas if left out in the elements it would eventually return back to it's origin.

Forest in North Carolina

When the company she was working for moved to another city, Annette decided to start making her own pottery and began experimenting with clay and those materials she found in nature.  Walks through the forests close to her home have given her  the inspiration to create these fabulous and unique pieces of art ever since.

Annette's pottery is formed by hand using a clay slab, a technique that gives her great freedom of expression. Another form of this expression is thru the introduction of various textures. Her connection with nature is reflected in her Art.

One of Annette's pieces of art

Once dried all pieces are bisque fired, hand glazed and fired once again in a electric kiln. She also startet to explore to a greater extend the raku firing process in which the piece is first glazed and then fired in a gas kiln to a temperature of approximately 1600-1800 degrees fahrenheit depending on the glaze used. It is then placed in a reduction chamber, in her case a metal trashcan containing newspaper. Once the paper ignites, the lid is placed on the trashcan which extinguishes the flames and the piece is allowed to cool. She frequently likes using a type of glaze that produces  gorgeous metalic effects.

Today, Annette is a well recognized artist in North Carolina and her unique pieces of art embellish homes not only in the US but around the globe.