The fruitful world of ceramics
- Yasmin started working with ceramics in 2018
- Her signature pieces are figs and pomegranates
- She has quickly gained a large following on social media
Yasmin Falahat is definitely what you would call a rising star. After initially studying textile design, the British artist decided to take a short beginners' ceramics course in 2018 and has been working with clay ever since. With her unique and recognisable ceramics shaped like figs and pomegranates, she quickly established herself as a craftswoman to watch. Having gained a steadily growing following on social media, she is now recognised across many platforms and her work has been shown in several prestigious magazines. As well as generally enjoying the traditional aspect of ceramics, which she describes as “a connection to the past” in various different cultures, Yasmin finds inspiration in her personal heritage, to which she relates through art.
INTERVIEW
I have always liked making things with my hands, but I only considered doing ceramics a few years after I had graduated from university, when I was experimenting with air-dry clay. I really started when I did a short course at the beginning of 2018.
I’m still kind of getting used to it as I am quite introverted; it was hard to adjust to the demand. I’m not sure why, but when I first started posting photos of my figs and pomegranates, people responded to it, and my following on social media got bigger and bigger.
The first time I was asked to have my work featured in a magazine was extremely memorable because it felt like it was the first time my work – and myself – were being recognised outside of the community I have built online.
My fig ceramics are actually based on drawings I did of my family’s fig tree. That’s why they don’t look exactly like the type of figs we usually see in the shops or on many designs, which are very red on the inside. The figs from our tree are more of a pink shade.
