Ruth Borgenicht Ceramic

Ruth borgenicht is an american ceramic artist who works mainly with chain mail forms made through a series of interlocking rings.

Ruth borgenicht ceramic. Exhibitions 2017 ruth borgenicht selected exhibitions in 2017. Ruth borgenicht is an american artist who primarily works in clay. See more ideas about ceramics ceramic artists ruth. It is interesting that american ceramist ruth borgenicht started out as a mathematician.

I use the chain mail pattern and other woven patterns to create ceramic works that conjure up a sense of permanence and defensive concealment. Aug 19 2014 explore ceramicartists s board ruth borgenicht followed by 372 people on pinterest. William paterson university wayne nj core sample. The newman collection 108 contemporary tulsa ok montclair state university mfa s from 2016 2017 index art center newark.

Additional findings alfred ceramic art museum alfred ny morceaux choisis. I use the chain mail pattern and other woven patterns to create ceramic works that conjure up a sense of permanence and defensive concealment. Borgenicht is the daughter of jack borgenicht previously married to grace borgenicht brandt. Ruth borgenicht became interested in the creative possibilities of ceramics while working toward her degree in mathematics.

Her undergraduate degree at the prestigious rutgers university in the united states was in mathematics. Ruth borgenicht is an american artist who primarily works in clay. The exploration and discovery of systems which interested her in mathematics became tangible and immediate in ceramic sculpture. Millipede ceramic worn under medieval armor chain mail is made of tiny interlocking metal rings designed to protect a body in motion.

However she is quick to point out perhaps with too much modesty given the extraordinary quality of her ceramic art that love of mathematics was not enough to invent new ideas in this field. She graduated in 1991 from rutgers university in new brunswick new jersey with a bachelor s degree in mathematics. Both play with the contrast between a structure that is supposed to protect and the fragile material it is made from. She weaves ceramic rings into chain mail patterns and creates socially interactive installations and events.

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