Andrea Freel Christie is a ceramicist who lived in New Orleans until Katrina. She was educated at Indiana University and Tulane University. Andrea has taught ceramics in several art centers, schools and universities, including the Indianapolis Art Center, Herron School of Art and Tulane University. She has been a member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts since 1995.

“It is my intent to create functional ceramic objects that carry an ethereal sense of time and dreams mixed with physical sense of hand and the earth. By using the method of hand building I am able to pursue layering texture and line in the surface of soft slab. To create the look of an object that has been weathered by time, the pieces are stained with oxides and sprayed with glazes. While many of these images are inspired by my surroundings as a resident of New Orleans, they are ambiguous enough to allow the viewer to insert his or her own meaning and create a personnel connection to the piece.”