Creative challenges
- Agnė decided to pursue ceramics while at school
- She enjoys the unpredictability of ceramics
- Her works explore abstract and human forms
The interest in ceramics was sparked by Agnė Kondrataitė's mother. The artist grew up in a family of architects and while following her studies, she visited a studio of a famous Lithuanian ceramicist with her mother and her fascination with pottery has not faded since. She works with white and red clay, with various glazes, boldly experimenting, coating works with gold, using plaster or wire. Agnė does not only create dishes, but panels, tiles, lamps, pots, furniture handles, and sculptures. Since the ceramicist doesn’t use a ring wheel, all of her creations have clearly visible handprints. It gives them human warmth and uniqueness. Her works are modern and elegantly designed. Her designs play with different themes, shapes and original forms, making them perfect for contemporary interiors.
Interview
- What do you like most about your profession?
- The unpredictability of the result. Constant changes force you to experiment, to look for new techniques, and shapes. I enjoy big and small creative challenges that encourage improvement. I like that I can control the creative process manually and the fact that it is not monotonous.
- What inspires you?
- Everything that surrounds me: architecture, all its elements, details, nature, theatre, modern dance, the human body and its anthropometry, conversations with interesting people. Everything I see and experience around me.
- Is your work traditional?
- I think my work is 20 percent traditional and 80 percent innovative. I try to be innovative, but at the same time I do not try to avoid traditional shapes and techniques.
- What do you want to achieve through your work?
- In every piece, I try to achieve visual and physical airiness, a quality which I think separates me from other artists. The most important thing to me is the object's shape and its ability to convey a feeling.
Agne Kondrataite is an expert artisan: she began her career in 2003
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