Zephyr & Roses by Celina Clavijo Kashu

Because man, never is content with anything, no matter how good is an object, he is always looking for ways to improve it.

We, ceramist of this age, thousands of years later, still are after improvement: we want the clay to express our feelings, our discontent, our anxieties, our frustrations, our hopes and our joys: we want it to be ourselves.

Sometimes I ask myself what is more alluring: the actual modeling of the clay? To make something meaningful out from an amorphous matter? or the mystery of the fire? the miracle of transformation that results in an object that can stand thousands of years without change?

Through these lines, I would like to think on it, if possible together with you, be you a casual reader, a person just interested in it or a professional like me.
And also, it happens that, from now on, I am going to expend a year at the Shigaraki Ceramics Training Institute, as a student for the throwing of tableware, Japanese style. And this is an experience I will love to share with you.

I introduce myself: I am Celina Clavijo Kashu, sometimes an architect, at other times a painter, but always a ceramist, be it for the making of bricks, or for the making of a vessel which also may become a canvas to paint on.