Launched in 2014 by Stephanie Sommet, The Ceramicists specialise in bespoke ceramic design services and their projects meet the demands of a wide variety of creative clients. The Ceramicists undertake commissions with close attention to detail and work with expert knowledge drawn from studio potteries, The Ceramicists can creatively problem solve and devise experimental but accurate solutions. Believing in authenticity, simplicity and true quality is their philosophy, striving to bring it to their work is our motto. The Ceramicists trust human hands and celebrate the nature of our materials and the originality of our thinking.
1) Which art movement do you consider most influential on your practice?
Bauhaus, MCM – Mid-Century modern.
2) Where do you go and when to make your best art?
I get lots of inspiration from flea markets and auction houses. I work best at the studio in a spontaneous manner.
3) How do you describe your 'creative process'?
I design by experimentation and by process, the forms follow technics.
4) Which artist, living or deceased, is the greatest inspiration to you?
Alessio Tasca, Guido Gambone, Alexander Calder.
5) If you weren't an artist, what would you do?
Hard to imagine myself doing anything else than ceramics, but maybe a geologist or an architect.
6) What do you listen to for inspiration?
Some artist podcast and spoken words shows.
7) If you could own one artwork, and money was no object, which piece would you acquire?
Any of Alexander Calder mobile.
8) If your dream museum or collection owner came calling, which would it be?
Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
9) What is your key piece of advice for artists embarking on a fine art or creative degree today?
Whatever you do, does it with passion, passion always turn into an art form.
10) What is your favorite book of all time (fiction or non fiction)?
Kafka on the shore by Murakami.
11) If you could hang or place your artwork in one non traditional art setting, where would that be?
In a very big industrial loft warehouse.
12) What was the biggest lesson your university course or time studying taught you?
I had found my style and work personality through university. Which is essential for all artist.
13) And finally, if we were to fast forward 10 years, where would we find you?
Somewhere probably hidden in France where I’d purchase a 3 storey Bauhaus unit , with a studio floor, production floor and a gallery.
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