{"product_id":"grit-suzy-granger","title":"Grit | Suzy Granger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Clay, pumice, small volcanic pebbles, black slip, glaze\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuzy Granger is a ceramic artist born in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand. She now lives and works in Pāpāmoa Beach. For the past decade she has created handmade ceramics using different clays, glazes and surface techniques, blending traditional and contemporary approaches. Her vessels are characterised by organic forms and a varied palette, drawing inspiration from the coastal environment surrounding her studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe is the founder of Slab Ceramics, a ceramic design studio supplying stockists in New Zealand and internationally and features in publications  including Haven magazine and NZ House \u0026amp; Garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIN HER HANDS (Grit is a vessel from this exhibit).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonouring women who shaped, held and endured\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Her Hands is a celebration of women, past and present, who have had the strength to hold space in arenas not previously open to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its centre it is a personal homage to my mother, Anne Dorothea Julia Clarke, one the first women to enter a formalised art education at Bournemouth Art School UK in the 1950s -  stepping into a space that was only just beginning to open, and helping shape the path forward. The ceramic vessels carry a tension between strength and vulnerability. Surfaces are layered, worn and marked – smooth areas sitting alongside raw textures – echoing resilience, tenderness and the traces of labour and time. This work honours a lifelong artist, and many women whose creativity endures alongside the demands of everyday life\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suzy Granger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59513065603358,"sku":null,"price":310.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/6674\/0254\/files\/mainforbakground.png?v=1782873504","url":"https:\/\/www.artehaus.co.nz\/products\/grit-suzy-granger","provider":"Arte Haus Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}