This hand built sculptural composition consists of hollow organic pebble shapes balancing inside each other, which creates a different aperture depending on the placement of the four separate pieces. The white monochrome enhances the harmony among the four forms.
Length 27 cm
Width 14 cm
Height 23 cm
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Myrto Zirini
- Ceramicist
- Corfu, Greece
- Master Artisan
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Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:00 - 19:00, Wednesday 11:00 - 15:30
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 11:00 - 19:00, Wednesday 11:00 - 15:30
Phone:
+30 6973923198
+30 6973923198
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Sensuous clay
- • Myrto creates sculptural yet functional vessels
- • She previously worked as an architectural designer
- • Working with clay helped her find her creative spark again
Myrto Zirini has found in clay a therapeutic process: a practice that grounds her. After working in architectural design for several years, she felt an urge to create with her hands and become “a maker more than designer”. In her workshop located on the island of Corfu, Myrto explores the potential of clay through the creation of a series of vessels. She draws her inspiration from all three-dimensional forms, such as cocoons or pebbles, in which she studies the textures, the contrast of colours and how the light travels through them. Her organic shaped ceramics thus question the void and the inner space of the object. Their harmonious curves seem uninterrupted “as if the force of gravity was not present while I was working on it”, as she explains.
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Aperture
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Transformer No.1
This composition consists of three stackable pieces on a metal axis: a rectangle, a flat ovoid sheet and a doughnut shape at the top. This artwork is part of an upcoming sculptural series. It is as a physical reminder, a memorabilia of the internal ability to quiet the mind.
Length 17 cm
Width 7 cm
Height 33 cm
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Cocoon lamp
This hand crafted lamp is shaped in a cocoon-like form with an indirect LED strip light. The exterior texture is rough, while the interior is burnished. The contrast of these textures but also of colours – the inner part is coloured with yellow slip – enhances the harmonious shapes and curves of the lamp.
Length 28 cm
Width 15 cm
Height 19 cm
Photo: © Myrto Zirini
Shallow Pebble platter
The form of this hand crafted platter is inspired by the shapes of pebbles. The internal green slip colouring and glazing is contrasting with the rough finish of the external part. This contrast thus provides a dialogue between textures and colours.
Length 37 cm
Width 20 cm
Height 11 cm
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Deep Pebble serving bowl
This hand crafted bowl was made with grey stoneware. Its organic concave shape is inspired by the structure of pebbles, with soft and harmonious curves. The external part has a rough finish and thus contrasts with the inner red slip colouring.
Height 18 cm
Diameter 31 cm
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