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Isak Isaksson,
Svensbodavagen 49,
Sweden
Website: https://www.instagram.com/isakisaksson0522/
Email: isakisaksson@gmail.com
Artist Statement:
Soon 50 years since the first pot, fingers getting shorter but my curiosity remains and im planing for the next 50 years...
Studio Description:
75 square meters, 3 potters wheel, 5 electric kilns and outside 1 small woodkiln, one gaskiln and one rakukiln.
| What type of clay do you use? | |
| Stoneware and porceline | |
What temperature do you fire to? | |
| +1280-+1305C | |
What is your primary forming method? | |
| At the wheel | |
What is your favorite surface treatment? | |
| Highfired glazes. | |
Do you make any of your own tools? | |
| Sometimes. | |
What one word would you use to describe your work? | |
| How.... | |
What is your favorite thing about your studio? | |
| The studio. | |
What is the one thing in your studio you can’t live without? | |
| The wheel. | |
What are your top three studio wishes? | |
| I have already fulfilled all wishes except the next best work. | |
What’s on your current reading list? | |
| Next exhibit. | |
How do you save money on materials and supplies? | |
| I don't. | |
How do you recharge creatively? | |
| Sailing in the Arcipellago. | |
Do you have any DIY tips for studio efficiency? | |
| Build your own kilns, make your own elements (Kanthal A1). | |
What challenges have you given yourself to overcome? | |
| To challenge myself at the wheel and to play with glazes. | |
What did you first piece look like? | |
| 20 cm high and 2 kilos heavy, still have it. | |
What ceramic superpower would you have and why? | |
| Would like me to learn to make large pots upsidedown so they do not fall+testing dentists porcelineclay fired in +650C. | |
What area of skill do you most look to other artists to learn? | |
| Dare more, go outside the box, learn more from DigitalFire and glazy.org. | |
Who is your ceramic art mentor and why? | |
| Has not had a mentor. | |
Why do you create art? | |
| Cant stop, i have a dependent brain that give me energi and it has been a way of living since 50 years. | |
Who is your favorite artist and what do you admire about that artist? | |
| Everybode else that make art in some way and where i can see that they really enjoy what they are doing. | |
What is your best studio tip? | |
| Dont eat oxides and make a medcial test once a year. | |
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| Why? | |
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