Hanne Westergaard is a Danish ceramicist who lives and works in England.
Hanne trained at the Kunsthåndvaerkerskolen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
She is now based at Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works in Sheffield.
Hanne works mostly in porcelain and stoneware.
She is best known as a maker of large-scale vessels.
Hanne Westergaard is a Danish potter, living and working in Sheffield, England. She was born in Denmark and trained at the prestigious Kunsthandvaerker School of Art, Craft and Design in Copenhagen before moving to the UK in the 1970s, where she set up her ceramic practice. Her ceramics are influenced by the Scandinavian Modernism that was prevalent during…
You will soon be able to buy Hanne Westergaard’s ceramics from her online shop. In the meantime, if you are interested in buying a piece of Hanne’s ceramics, please email hannewestergaard@gmail.com or telephone 0114 249 5016. Alternatively, appointments can be arranged to view more ceramics at Hanne’s studio in Persistence Works, Sheffield. If you would like to be informed…
From Scandinavian Modernism to Nature Originally trained to make ceramics that adhered to the principles of Scandinavian Modernism, Hanne Westergaard has since moved away from producing strictly functional ceramics and now creates vessels and ceramic objects that are also decorative, and which take their inspiration from nature. “I was raised in the era of Scandinavian Modernism, consequently…
