Function+Art featuring Ruth Borgenicht at SOFA Chicago 2008
Ruth use the chain mail pattern and other woven patterns to create her ceramic works that conjure up a sense of permanence and defensive concealment.
Like the ancient armor, her ceramic pieces are made of a fabric of moveable interlocking rings, using clay to make a protective mesh in contradictory. Visually stone-like, the pieces appear strong and impenetrable, belying their inherent fragility.
Ruth Borgenicht born in 1967, moved from New York City to a farm in northwestern New Jersey with her parents, where she used to played in the mud during her childhood. Until the age of 12, she also lived for half of every year in Israel.
Her undergraduate degree at Rutgers University was in math, but love of math was not enough to invent new ideas in this field. And so, Ruth realise that she could be far more creative with clay than with math during her last year in college.
Most of her ceramic knowledge comes from other artists, books and residencies that have provided her with a supportive and well equipped environment. They include: Hunter College in NYC, Anderson Ranch in CO, Greenwich House Pottery in NYC, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in ME, Chester Spring Studio in PA and University of the Arts in PA.
Function+Art featuring RUTH BORGENICHT
SOFA Chicago, Booth #1506
November 7-9, 2008
Function+Art
1046 W. Fulton Market
Chicago, IL 60607
P. 312.243.2780
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