Capturing natural forms in clay

• • Lidia is constantly exploring the textures and structures of clay
• • She has worked with ceramics masters in China
• • Her work is 'inseparable' from the nature around her

Ceramicist, painter and product designer Lidia Boševski graduated from the textile department of the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb in 1979. She then went on to study textile and fashion design. In the early 1990s, Lidia’s focus was on painting combined with batik technique, but in 2002, her focus shifted towards product design, specifically ceramics. She first made a large bowl using clay that she had mixed with wheat. Because of the humidity of clay, the wheat sprouted. “It was a wonderful moment when I realised how much clay is alive,” she says. The opening of her new design and ceramics workshop Owl in 2005 enabled Lidia to develop new creative approaches and to engage in material and design research, drawing inspiration from nature.