Focused on form and feel

• • A love of craftsmanship and travel led Sandra to become a ceramicist
• • To her, making pots is a journey
• • Grooves play an important role in the aesthetic of her work

For Sandra Nitz, making pottery is a journey that takes her to cities, foreign countries and distant continents, in a physical sense as well as in a broader sense. "My decision to study ceramics was primarily a result of the desire to learn all about ceramic craftsmanship and travel the world with this. After all, pots are needed everywhere." Sandra's first training as a potter began in the nearby city of Bamberg, where she spent two years immersed in throwing clay on the potter's wheel. Upon gaining the journeyman's certificate, she moved to Ireland and then came back to Germany to study at the renowned State College for Ceramics Design in Höhr-Grenzhausen, from where she graduated in 2001. Sandra also went to Australia for a master's degree in Studio Art. Today, In her Frankfurt am Main studio, Sandra creates distinctive, straightforward, sensual vessels on the potter's wheel. Simple shapes, beautifully balanced with unique textures, the forms appear serious and powerful. No playful or even decorative surfaces, Sandra focuses instead on pure, finely sanded porcelain.