LiesUnique.be

Email
me@liesunique.be

Artist Statement
My interests in ceramics go back to when I was still a little girl. I remember one moment when I was trying to shape a little pot without a pottery wheel. When I work with clay, I still am that little girl. Mesmerized by the nature, the mud, and what it will become. Ever since those early days, my interest was always in wheel-thrown pottery. But over the years I wanted to do more, and started combining several techniques of my education and passion into my works, like graphic design, photography, and screen printing.

Studio Description
In recent years, I developed a taste for porcelain. It always challenges me to bring my best game to get it checked into the desired shape. Hesitate and it shows no mercy. But in return, it rewards me its smoothness, whiteness, and translucency when it finally emerges from the kiln.

What type of clay do you use?
Porcelain

What temperature do you fire to?
cone 8–cone 9

What is your primary forming method?
Wheel thrown and altered

What is your favorite surface treatment?
Screen printing, stamping, and self-made underglaze and on-glaze decals

Do you make any of your own tools?
Yes. For screen printing on ceramics, for throwing

What one word would you use to describe your work?
Delicate

What is your favorite thing about your studio?
It's my world.

What is the one thing in your studio you can’t live without?
My wheel

What are your top three studio wishes?
More space, a bigger kiln

What’s on your current reading list?
EKWC – The Ceramic Process

How do you save money on materials and supplies?
Reclaim the porcelain and seeking alternatives

How do you recharge creatively?
Reading technical books, looking around in nature, sketching ideas

Do you have any DIY tips for studio efficiency?
Be inventive, you can use tools from your household into your studio

What challenges have you given yourself to overcome?
Writing a book about my research on different screen-printing methods on ceramics, learning more technical skills to liberate my artistic oeuvre.

What did your first piece look like?
Heavy and dark brown

What ceramic superpower would you have and why?
Unlimited energy

What area of skill do you most look to other artists to learn?
Throwing skills

Who is your ceramic art mentor and why?
Anne Mortier, because she learned me the love of throwing and being critical to yourself.

What is on your studio playlist?
Sometimes classical music, sometimes musicals songs, sometimes silence

Why do you create art?
Because it's who I am. It's my world, my expression, my being.

Who is your favorite artist and what do you admire about that artist?
I have many favorites with different works.

What is your best studio tip?
Enjoy and play with nature.

If you could change one property of clay, what would it be?
It would not shrink.