Ceramics that challenge and inspire
- Nancy opened her workshop in 2006
- She uses the handmade coil technique
- She is inspired by nature
In 2006, Nancy Livathinou started experimenting with different materials such as fabric, paper, plaster and cement. A few years later, she decided to focus exclusively on clay and turned her workshop into a clay studio. Her work is inspired by the “incredible and perfectly repetitive detail of nature”. Hand building – pinch and coil techniques – have been used for thousands of years in ceramics, and are the main techniques she uses. When describing the process of creating she feels there is always something new to learn: "every piece I create is a new endeavour, a constant challenge." For her, ceramics is all about “creation, psychoanalysis, challenge and love”. This art is a way of life that brings her closer to nature, a very important part of her life.
Discover her work
INTERVIEW
I remember vividly the first time I bought clay and took it to my workshop. I began creating with an intensity that I had not felt since I was a child. I created whatever I saw around me: flowers, leaves, fruits.
Simply because it is something that I love. Clay is a way of expression for me. And while ceramics is a very old craft, it is still present everywhere in our daily life, clay remains a material with great potential for creation.
I love the plasticity of the material, it allows me to capture the detail that I admire in nature. Throughout the entire process, from start to finish, there is an excitement that grows when the object starts taking shape and skyrockets when I am waiting to open the kiln.
Well made is a phrase I often use in my work. When creating a ceramic object, there are many stages involved and often complicated ones. For me, attention to detail is very important.
1 EXPERIENCE
Nancy Livathinou
Ceramicist
Vilia Attikis, Greece
Recommended by Benaki Museum
AVAILABILITY
By appointment only
PHONE
+30 6973586744
LANGUAGES
Greek, English
