Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel
Influences
A course by Lilly Maetzig , Ceramist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I’m going to talk a little bit about what inspires and influences me. It depends on the project that I’m working on for the goals of what I want to achieve in terms of look, and for this type of hand-building project I am inspired by the following. Of course, there are overarching inspirations for me, such as the texture, colour and form of my finished pieces. ”
In this video lesson Lilly Maetzig addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel. Learn the entire process of working with clay at home, from the initial design to the final glaze.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to talk a little bit about what inspires and influences me. I'm inspired by so many different things and especially contemporary ceramics. I could probably talk about this for hours, but to narrow it down a little bit, I'm just going to cover five main ones here. Firstly is Betty Woodman. She was a ceramic artist working in America and her work was quite painterly and sculptural. I really like the way that she places her pieces in kind of a little scene and she plays dimension and form in this kind of weird way. I really like the way that she is not too precious ab...”
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Course summary for: Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel
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Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics

Lilly Maetzig
A course by Lilly Maetzig
Lilly Maetzig is a ceramist from New Zealand who is based in London. After experimenting with clay in art school, Lilly decided to further her pottery skills with classes and has been sculpting ever since.
Lilly founded her own ceramics brand Mäe Ceramics in 2016. Her work explores the contrast between the texture of raw and glazed clay to expose the natural qualities of her finished objects. She sells her objects through retail and wholesale channels, with most of her customers finding her through Instagram where her work is appreciated by over 45K followers. Her clients include restaurants and cafés around the globe, design shops like Yonobi Studio in Copenhagen, and events like Google Playtime.
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