Annemarie de Villiers

- ceramics -

clay sculpture of girl with hare
METIS (sea nymph, personifies wisdom, cunning, deep thought)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
ELPIS (personification of hope, left in Pandora’s box after all the evils had been released)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
PSYCHE (mortal; name means “soul” and “butterfly”, symbolises afterlife and transformation)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
THETIS (sea nymph, symbolising everything beautiful and kind about the sea)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
ELECTRA (sea nymph, embodies radiance, transition and communication between the realms)
Description of image 2
clay sculpture of girl with hare
NOMIA (nymph associated with pastoral life and natural environment)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
ERYTHEIA & ASTEROPE
Description of image 2
ERYTHEIA (“the red one”, nymph of evening and golden light of sunset)
Description of image 2
ASTEROPE (“starry-faced” nymph of evening and golden light of sunset)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
CYANE (water nymph, dissolved into her own waters, symbolises transformation through grief)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
ECHO (mountain nymph, from Narcissus myth; embodies loss and longing)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
EURYDICE (tree nymph, killed by a snake, embodies fragility of life and lost potential)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
CHLORIS (means “blossom” or “flowers”, one of the Graces)
Description of image 2
KLEODORA (one of the prophetic nymphs, who divined the future with stones or birds)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
AURA (nymph of the breezes, particularly of the morning air)
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
Description of image 2
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
Description of image 3
MNEME (one of the three original muses; means “memory” embodies the power of recollection)
Description of image 3




A bit about me:







I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa where I studied medicine. In 1994 I moved to London and work here as a GP and skin surgeon for the NHS.

I have done figurative ceramics since my student days and sculpture in its various forms remains my great passion.

In 2022/2023 I studied figurative sculpture at Heatherley College in London. The highlight was creating a life-size clay sculpture from a life model which was then cast in concrete.

In 2024 I continued my anatomical studies with a residential sculpture course in Tuscany.

I very much enjoy the discipline and patience required to produce a realistic sculpture, but I equally love making smaller, playful, functional objects out of clay.

graduated with a BA (hons) inphotography in 1997. I have been working as a freelance photographer since then.