Nowadays, environmental protection has become an increasingly important part of our
everyday lives and works of art. That theme is becoming more common some way in arts and design, too. Some artists work from recycled materials, while others minimize the use of energy and their ecological footprint during creative work. Along with this idea, we ceramicists start off with a big disadvantage, as the creation of even one single piece of art is not only at high but also at low temperatures requires enormous energy consumption. Despite of this, my admiration and commitment to ceramic as a material encourages me to work with this great material.Therefore, I thought I would use the waste from the ceramic industry as raw material for my works.
The “Polished Bricks” series was made from bricks partially melted and deformed at
high temperature in old furnaces of old brick-workers. The workflow is most like the work of diamond grinders. Leaving some rough parts, polishing others, thus giving them new meaning and aesthetic appearance is the focus of my art. The shapes created by nature in the fire give the works the main character, the power lines and the contrast created by grinding between the two surfaces takes the concept of "Waste" to a new level. In this way, new aesthetic values appear, and the “SCRAP” becomes a “WORK of ART”.
everyday lives and works of art. That theme is becoming more common some way in arts and design, too. Some artists work from recycled materials, while others minimize the use of energy and their ecological footprint during creative work. Along with this idea, we ceramicists start off with a big disadvantage, as the creation of even one single piece of art is not only at high but also at low temperatures requires enormous energy consumption. Despite of this, my admiration and commitment to ceramic as a material encourages me to work with this great material.Therefore, I thought I would use the waste from the ceramic industry as raw material for my works.
The “Polished Bricks” series was made from bricks partially melted and deformed at
high temperature in old furnaces of old brick-workers. The workflow is most like the work of diamond grinders. Leaving some rough parts, polishing others, thus giving them new meaning and aesthetic appearance is the focus of my art. The shapes created by nature in the fire give the works the main character, the power lines and the contrast created by grinding between the two surfaces takes the concept of "Waste" to a new level. In this way, new aesthetic values appear, and the “SCRAP” becomes a “WORK of ART”.
