Details
| First Name | Anne |
| Last Name | Brantley |
| Nickname | dananne1 |
About Me
| Introduction | My name is Anne Brantley. I live in Oak Island, NC. I enjoy both the wheel and hand building. I focus mostly on functional pieces but my husband and I have flipped houses in the past and I like to add a piece of us in the houses. I make backsplashes, pool side ceramic inserts and drawer knobs |
| What I Love about Ceramics | I love the colors as well as versatility of the medium. I also enjoy working with stain glass. I like to combine mediums together and ceramics creates a foundation I can add other medium to. Glass or weavings or alcohol paint to ceramics creating texture and dimension. Ceramics are strong and functional |
| How I started with ceramics | I took classes at Gaston College. Being from NC, I have always collected pottery from the state. It is part of our history. |
| What inspires me | The ocean(sand, wind, waves, birds, shells). Nature (flowers, plants, animals)  COLOR. I love COLOR. |
| What I'm working on at the moment | Ceramic mosaic that will be tabletop for an umbrella stand around the pool. I use a stain glass pattern I design and then I cut pattern out of clay. Paint with underglaze and then fire. Set in concrete. I am working on backsplash tiles and knobs for an outdoor kitchen. Soup bowls for a fundraiser |
| My CV | This is my hobby and love. I am blessed I can do it with joy and no stress of commercial value. I am an engineer by trade and education and this is my outlet to be balanced. |
