Ane Christensen

Ane Christensen works with detailed metal sculptures. Growing up in Scandinavia, Christensen was surrounded by a heightened cultural appreciation and celebration of light. The theme of light and its presence and absence remains a pivotal theme in her work, running through every piece she makes. Each object begins with the same three components: the geometry of a cylinder, bowl forms, and a flat sheet. From these components, she builds with metal rods and wires, framing the space and disrupting the density of her materials. The dark metals she uses utilise optical illusion and negative space, reflecting the longing and anticipation of light.

Raised in Copenhagen and moving to London in 1993, Christensen studied Jewellery Design at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art before completing her MA at the Royal College of Art. In 1999, she established her practice of metal work and now lives and works in East London.

Christensen’s work has been included in numerous museum collections such as: Birmingham Museum, Crafts Council Silver Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Goldsmiths’ Company, Koldinghus Museum Denmark, Liverpool Museum, Museum for Decorative Arts Denmark, Victoria & Albert Museum.

Ane’s latest creations are her Fading series. An abstract form in the shape of a bowl, hand-constructed from brass, Fading Vessel is unique in that it is the first piece in her repertoire with no solid element; Christensen’s attempt at stitching a form in space becomes realised. The construction of metal lines represents a particular evening light that occurred briefly during mid-summer where Christensen grew up, and as a finished result, it holds memories, belonging, and the essence of the mid-summer sun.