Ane Christensen grew up in Copenhagen and moved to London in 1993 to study a HND (Jewellery Design) at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art. She went on to work as an assistant for two designer silversmiths and completed her MA (Metalwork & Silversmithing) at the Royal College of Art, before establishing her practise in 1999. Her work is represented in several major museum collections including Victoria and Albert Museum, The Crafts Council UK, Koldinghus Museum DK, Museum for Decorative Art DK and the Goldsmiths’ Company. Ane lives and works in East London.
Ane Christensen makes contemporary vessels and wall pieces in metal. Christensen originally trained as a jeweller and continues to apply traditional techniques, including hand piercing, soldering and patination, to her larger scale pieces. Christensen used sterling silver for many years, but is now working purely in copper, steel and brass. This shift in material has enabled her to be more ambitious with the scale of her work, which is becoming increasingly abstract. All of Christensen’s work begins as a simple spun form or flat sheet of metal.
