Ewelina Wisniowska

After my experience of working in a renowned tableware factory, I became fascinated by the processes used in the factory. 

Intensity is an exploration of various making processes. Work ranges from fine-dining tableware, through tiles, to the contemporary glassware made in collaboration with a glass blower and traditional crystal-glass cutter.

Through experimenting with different clays and mark-making techniques using simple tools, I explored the surface qualities, creating decoration that can be applied to tableware, glass, textiles or tiles. With the help of a 3D Scanner, I developed beautiful and complicated 2D patterns that are digital representations of the tiles made in clay.

 Tableware range was made with the use of the jigger jolly machine. The mechanised process of making the plate is interrupted with a hand pressed decoration onto the form. The repetitive movement of the hand creating the pattern reflects the movements of the machine.

The intensity of the pattern, consisting of simple rhythmic gestures, moves from the rim of a plate, continuing onto tiles and circling blown glasses.  This gentle play of light and shadow on the forms gives a subtle sense of movement and suggests a delicate abstract landscape.