Artist: Luce & Domimicus Van Asten

Medium: Clay & Wood

Size: 19" x 12" x 12"

About the Artist:

Marie-Luce Van Asten was born in Belgium and lived there for 40 years. In High School, she decided to take Arts Classes as her main focus and then graduated as an Art teacher in 1983 in Belgium. When Luce arrived in the US in 2001, she found Chastain Arts Center in Atlanta where she took wheel classes for 2 years, then switched to hand building. About that period, Luce got a full-time job at the Atlanta International School, where she taught the French language in kindergarten and elementary for 15 years. During recent summers, Luce has been attending workshops with many different Artists where she has been developing and fine tuning her style. Luce took classes to improve her figurative sculpture techniques and discovered different surface decorations. Furthermore, with the help of her husband, Dominicus, she is integrating some of her ceramic pieces with wood to tell a story.

Luce is currently the President of the Southern Appalachian Artist Guild in Blue Ridge, GA, and became in 2021 the treasurer at the Georgia Clay Council. She has been recognized as a member of Excellence under SAAG. Luce teaches clay hand building and the pottery wheel classes throughout the year at the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association and Art Center in Blue Ridge, GA where she is also the studio coordinator.

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