Anne Felicie Nickels
Sweden
I am an artist driven by exploring and learning about the materials I work with. Prime technique is Kiln Formed Glass. I love the beauty in glass and the challenge it gives me. As an extension, I also do giclée prints from photos of my glass art. I have a great passion for animals which reflects in my work as well as a fascination for ancestry and mankind.
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1. What’s your background?
I am a self-taught artist. I was born in Malmö, Sweden 1964. My career as an artist did not start until 2016. The feeling of not being good enough stopped me from being an artist a long time and it was first when I decided to give it a go, I discovered that being good at drawing a perfect realistic picture in one strike, is not the issue. Learning about warm glass was a real steppingstone for me as it does not allow perfection. Today I live and work in Hunneberga, a small village in the contryside, not far from were I was born and growed up.
2. What does your work aim to say?
My art cares a lot about the individual and wants to convey a positive feeling.
3. How does your work comment on current social or political issues?
I have no intention of directly addressing any issue but more to open our mind.
4. Who are your biggest influences?
I try not to be influenced. I do not want to create art that look like anybody else’s. Artist I admire though are Paul Klee, I love the way he does fish. Picasso, the way he works with simplicity. Bertil Vallien, for his skills.
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5. How has your art evolved over the years?
Working with glass is a lot about knowing its characteristics and be able to predict how it will behave. It is also about knowing your kiln and the colors you are using. You can pick up a lot by reading but most of all you get your skills from experience. Over time my work has gone from basic knowledge out of books to more skilled by practice. My work today includes more than the basic design fired just once. I now work with both the back and the front in several firings and some work are finished off with cold working. In 2019 I began making giclée prints of my glass art to create yet another expression.
6. What does art mean to you?
Art to me is a great gift and a way of sharing that enriches both the artist and the beholder.
7. What’s the most valuable piece of art to you?
Art that you appreciate to look at.
8. What’s next for you in the future?
Exhibiting in New York.
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