Ane Christensen

Ane Christensen is an artist and maker working in metal, with a practice spanning over 25 years. Growing up in Scandinavia, which is in darkness many months of the year, Christensen was surrounded by a heightened cultural appreciation and celebration of light. The theme of light, its presence and absence, remains a pivotal theme in her work, running through every piece she creates. The dark metals she uses utilise optical illusion and negative space, reflecting this longing and anticipation of light.
 
Raised in Copenhagen before moving to London in 1993, Ane 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.
 
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; her 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 she grew up, and as a finished result, it holds memories, belonging, and the essence of the mid-summer sun.
 
Both the brass alloy and the technique of soldering ‘free form’ can be traced back to the Middle East 3000 BC; the vessels represent a meeting of a contemporary idea and technology with ancient process and material.
 
Ane’s work has been included in numerous museum collections including: Birmingham Museum, Crafts Council Silver Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Goldsmiths’ Company, Koldinghus Museum Denmark, Liverpool Museum, Museum for Decorative Arts Denmark and the Victoria & Albert Museum.