Our artists
Esperanza Grez
Esperanza Grez (1992, Chile)
I arrived in Barcelona in 2020 to study a master’s degree in art and design research. During the first year, I didn’t have a workshop space and, as soon as I finished my studies, I took up ceramics again. I had a huge need to return to manual work. In Chile, I shared a workshop with a colleague and at that time I was working in photolithography and ceramic sculpture.
When I was about to graduate from high school, I enrolled in a lathe and modeling course that allowed me to learn what it meant to work in a workshop and marked me on a professional level. Since then, inhabiting that space has become fundamental, as it allows me to think, reflect and give meaning to the link between internal and external space.
Although I started out making utilitarian pieces, my training in fine arts and my obsession with understanding how to communicate and how to connect the interior space with the exterior naturally led me to research sculptural pieces. Working with ceramics allows me to see and experience this link. By putting the body in contact with the clay, a process of transformation occurs that alters the shape of the material and makes perceptible how we affect each other.
Courses given by Esperanza:
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Visit her Instagram profile: @artegrez
Elodie Duwyn
Hello, my name is Elodie, Yun-Luey Duwyn. I am an artist and I like to build with a sensitive approach where skills are dedicated to creativity. A process where hands take care of the clay. This organic, living matter that will become sculptures, utilitarian objects, or anything in between: where art, craft and design blend into pieces that can be used without being necessary. I want to bring poetry into homes with clay once molded and fired at its core. As with vases, those habits for plants that bring a springtime of seasons indoors.
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Visit her Instagram profile: @yun.luey
Aishani Copley
Aishi, a ceramist of English and Sri Lankan descent, is inspired by the vibrant designs and colors of the saris worn on special occasions in Sri Lanka. Her brand is influenced by her dog, Piggy, who reminds her of the importance of playing every day.
Visit her Instagram profile: @piggy.pottery
Discover their products in Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/piggypottery
Dan Brian
I rediscovered my interest in ceramics when I started taking classes in the evenings a few years ago. From that moment I was hooked on it. I spend a lot of my time working with computers, so ceramics is a welcome disconnection from all that abstract, mental work. Really I’m happy to just be playing with clay. For me, the process of creating the pieces is as important as what gets produced. It’s a practice that has taught me valuable lessons that I take with me into the rest of my life. It reminds me to let chance and improvisation play their part in how things turn out. I try to let curiosity and fun lead the way, without thinking too much about the final product. What comes out the other end are an eclectic mix of pieces, ranging from sculptures to vases and tableware.
Visit her Instagram profile: @dan_s_ceramics
Héctor Navarro Güere
I celebrate ceramics as an act of freedom, of letting oneself be carried away by the material and the shapes.
I practice modeling from fun, improvisation and relaxation. What results is (almost) always a surprise.
Visit his Instagram profile: @hectoring
Irene Monferrer
I’m not an artist! I’m just a “mud kneading” biologist, but I’m caught by the magic of transforming a piece of clay into a utilitarian or decorative piece. I do it from the Eltornbarcelona coworking.
Visit her Instagram profile: @ipotsceramica
Miriam Galván
After 15 years working in the Ecommerce sector for large companies, ceramics came into my life. And it arrived in the middle of the process of self-knowledge and transformation. And it became my most powerful meditation tool. It makes me be present, connected.
It allows me to listen to myself, breathe, be patient.
Unique pieces created by hand, with care, one at a time in a conscious way. Perfectly imperfect.
The intention of each piece, whether it is a cup, a vase or an accessory, is to invite you to stop and enjoy the everyday moments of everyday life:
have tea, have breakfast, eat, meditate, take care of the plants and ourselves.
Live a more present, slower, more conscious life.
Visit her Instagram profile: @mimi.ceramic
Discover their products at: www.mimiceramic.com
Paola Santos
How did I get to this wonderful world…
“Testing, trying”…that was my first contact with ceramics. A call from another dimension in which the impulse to work with one’s hands again prevailed.
My training in Industrial Design has complemented the constant search for shapes, materials and finishes to find a dialogue between utilitarian design, innovation and aesthetics. I rescue the synchronization of beauty between the geometric and the organic, the polished and the “strange”: an acute angle, a fissure, a roughness.
This creative process has led me to an internal recognition where I had to learn to delay, to value this long and slow process, to let myself go with my hands! to transform clay into objects that connect with each of us.
Visit her Instagram profile: @greta.pottery
Irina Slimobich
Irina Slimobich “Irino” – multidisciplinary artist from the Balearic Islands, who lives between Barcelona and Menorca. His work focuses on ceramics, illustration and mural art. Thanks to a childhood surrounded by animals, nature and cartoons, he has a rich imagination characterized by vibrant colors and treatment of textures.
Courses taught by Irina:
Visit her Instagram profile: @irino.studio
Sebastian Eichinger
PER / SE POTTERY was born from the need to create with the hands and connect with form, lines and beauty. Behind PER/SE is Sebastian, a fashion designer by training and a mud addict since 2020.
The collection of both decorative and functional objects is designed to be part of everyday life and to enjoy their texture when touched.
Each piece is handcrafted with great care and to the rhythm of ceramics.
Visit his Instagram profile: @persepottery
Susana Piñeiro
My beginnings in the world of ceramics are linked to El Torn, it is a fantastic world of creation!!! Creating and modeling infinite possibilities, with organic textures and shapes… I am passionate about nature. You will be able to see many of our works in the workshop’s Show Room, with availability for sale.
Visit his Instagram profile: @pineiro81
Tamsin Hull
Having been given the freedom to create whatever comes to me in the moment, I am currently exploring how our daily routines, combined with the need for protocols and codes of conduct, create robots out of ourselves. Our increased use of robots and computers in our lives ensures that we are continually connected while making us more physically isolated than ever. As our devices become more interactive, more intuitive, and some might say, more human, I wonder: Which is the robot and which is the human? What could robots dream about?
Visit her Instagram profile: @tamsinhullceramics