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Hannie Goldgewicht
Hannie Goldgewicht grew up surrounded by natural beauty, nestled in the mountains of Costa Rica. Since childhood, her fascination with all forms of art has led her to explore every creative medium. The artist's passion for color, design, and nature has all come together with this line of simple clean forms that have the rustic feel of the earth combined with the repetitive texture of pine needles.
Each piece is first hand-thrown on a potter's wheel, then trimmed, fired, and finished with painting techniques and patinas. Then, the artist starts the weaving around the rim. The pine needles are hand-picked and cleaned, and woven with wax thread using the coil method.
Hannie Goldgewicht graduated with honors from the School of Fine Arts at the Universidad de Costa Rica, with an emphasis in sculpture. She then traveled through Europe, the Middle East, and Central and South America, observing and being influenced by different cultures. It was on a trip to Argentina that the artist first came across pine needle basketry and began learning the technique from master fiber artist Delfa Deriu. The artist currently lives in Los Angeles, where she continues to learn and experiment.
Customer Reviews
Gorgeous in our MCM home. It arrived beautifully intact with clear instructions for removal of the artwork from its excellent packaging and "assembly". The colors and 3-dimensional nature make us smile every time we walk by; we even detour to get extra peeks!
We love Double Rainbow! We hung it on our entrance stairwell wall which has a painted background accent color of Cavern Clay. We hung it with the red ceramic pieces on top and think it looks lovely that way. It provides a cheerful greeting to all who enter!
We had a long dialogue with Courtney Scanlan who patiently guided us through a number of artists for a very central piece of art/sculpture for our new home's most prominent wall. We found Hannie Goldgewicht, an artist whose work fit our space and tastes perfectly and with a personal connection to Costa Rica where we have family. A great experience overall with a very pleasing outcome.
I ordered the "Double Rainbow" hoping the size would work with my wall space, and the color would be as beautiful in person, as on my PC screen. (I was holding my breath!) Both the size & muted colors are perfect, and it's a wonderful piece. I love it, love it. Also, I'm a math enthusiast, and I love the x/y axes, the angles, squares, and matrices of the piece. Art & science, all in one. Thank you Hanni, you hit all the right notes!
