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Anne Schwegmann-Fielding Bio 2024
The Ordinary made Extraordinary

Anne meticulously cuts fragments of vintage china and sea glass which combined
with broken jewellery, buttons and other ephemera morph into magical sculptures.
Over several decades she has created artworks for public spaces and private clients,
encouraging donation of materials by the public for inclusion in the mosaic, creating
a more personal, meaningful connection to the artwork. Her work ranges in scale
from hand held spoons to cars or buildings and has been commissioned nationally
and internationally.
An interest in British ceramic history, sees familiar names such as Spode and
Meakin celebrated to create contemporary artworks using ancient ceramics.
Combined with a love of tea, Anne’s use of ancient cups and saucers evokes
memories of the laughter and conversation embedded into the clay.
The importance of capturing this history from cracked and damaged plates and other
discarded ephemera feeds Anne’s desire for the transformation of old into new, to
waste not want not: She simply hopes to make the world more beautiful, one
fragment at a time…
Inspirations include outsider artists such as Nek Chand who created the Rock
Garden of Chandigarh, who she was fortunate enough to work with along with
mudlarking along the Essex and Suffolk estuaries.
Projects include: Google, Channel 4 Kirstie's Homemade Home, Colchester Art
Centre, Kent History & Library Centre, The Symington Building, The Gardens of
Easton Lodge, EKCO Southend, Elizabeth Castle, Meiningen, Arts Reverie, India,
Colchester Zoo, MADE London, Writtle College, European Commission, Harwich
Festival, Barratt & Bellway Homes, Crittall Windows, Colchester & Broomfield
Hospitals, BBC2 Fantasy Rooms and Escape to the Country and many private
homes and interiors.
Anne recently won “Quirky Toilet of the Year” at the Loo of the Year Awards for her
“Cistern Chapel” at Colchester Arts Centre also featured in “Hidden treasures of
Essex”