Tamara Danoyan

I believe in a dialog with clay, in listening for what it would like to express on any given day. All of my pieces are unique for a simple reason that no two conversations are ever the same. Handbuilding to me holds a world of possibilities when it comes to shapes, textures, and treatment of edges. I began with slabs and press molds and then discovered pinching. It was my favorite way of making for a long time, but more recently I stared coiling, which allowed my pieces to grow in size and gave me even more freedom to create a wider range of forms. My first love in ceramics was sculptural vessels. I think many of my current pieces start with a vessel and evolve into sculptures.