Annie Starling Sparks

Annie Starling Sparks is a ceramicist and sculptor living on a small island in the Salish Sea. Her work is an exploration of nature's endless moving meditation. Carefully observing the finite, she creates poetic portrayals of the gardenscape.

Her pieces allure and invite us to study form itself in every bend, twist and texture. With each piece, Annie finely examines the polarities of the natural world; abundance and absence, earth – water – fire and wind, each one of her sculptures – a moment, suspended in time.

Each unique creation is thrown on the wheel or hand-built. Porcelain, stoneware, and terra cotta forms are hand sculpted and then fired in a kiln. Through mixing her own glazes, Annie engages in attentive conversation with nature's rich palette, careful not to disturb the dance of quiet and movement — the pure source of the artist's inspiration.