Swildens, Karin

(Holland / USA)

   Contemporary ceramic sculptor, art restorer, illustrator, and writer based in California. Studied at the Ecoles des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and the Beaux Arts school in Rabat, Morocco. Creates figures of female nudes and phallic imagery. Reproductions: Amazing grace; clay; 2003; World's greatest, vol. 2: p. 252 [C]. Battle of the sexes; 1975; ceramic; Naomi 1998: p. 157 [C]. Fusion; clay; 2003; World's greatest, vol. 2: p. 253 [C]. Teapot in phallic cannon form; late 20th century; hydrocal; Naomi, 2000: p. 10 [C].