Playful fine art for everyday experiences.
Rachel Burns is an Atlanta-based artist originally from Denver, Colorado. She has been involved in ceramics since she was a child and decided in her sophomore year of college that it was something she wanted to pursue professionally. The main focus of her art is finding and creating child-like joy in her daily life and the lives of others with her artworks. The functional nature of her ceramics allows her to reach this goal.
The main focus of my art is to create a sense of joy through illustration on clay. The way I represent ideas through my work feels like you are holding my sketchbook in your hands in the form of vessels such as a vase, bowl, or coffee mug. The more fantastical and detailed, the better. I am inspired by the books and movies I enjoyed as a child- Frog and Toad, Spirited Away, and Peter Rabbit. Creating a childlike sense of wonder and joy is the ultimate goal of my work. Mental illness struggles cut a decent portion of my childhood short, so I aim to reclaim that time for myself and for others who may have experienced the same thing as me.