Annie Turner - River Potter (born 1952)

Annie Turner

Martello Tower

Annie Turner is a British ceramic artist from Suffolk, whose art is very closely linked with the River Deben and it's surrounding environment where she grew up. Her sculptures are delicate and fragile and have taken years to develop the techniques required to deliver this organic finish. The pieces have a quality of strength that suggests movement of currents and the tides of the sea. She works with the cycles of nature and describes them as objects that trigger the memory. She currently teaches at Wimbledon School of Art.

Sea Breeze

Inspiration:
I feel we have things in common regarding wanting to reflect the environment where we grew up. Annie has focussed on the River Deben where I look to the Fens and the North Norfolk magnificent skies and sense of space. We both have drawn on nature and its surroundings to recreate our translation for the viewer. Her use of organic earth colours - I get her work.

Reference:
1. Ceramic review 272. March/ April 2015
2. http://www.vanguardcourt.org/community/artists/ceramics/annie-turner/