LANA TRZEBINSKI CERAMICS 2019
I was bor n in Mombasa, Kenya in 1993. I g rew up in a f amily of sculptors, designers, painters, architects, interior designers, filmmakers and writers. Being sur rounded by so much creativity gave me the confidence to exper iment with different mediums and allowed me to express myself t h r o u g h m y c r e a t i v i t y. I n a d d i t i o n t o b e i n g a c e r a m a c i s t I c r e a t e c o l l a g e s , paint, ar range flowers for weddings and design jewellery as well as clothes and accessories. I star ted working with clay when I was seventeen. It has taken me many year s to find my prefer red medium however 4 year s ago, ceramics became m o r e t h a n j u s t a h o b b y. W h i l s t l i v i n g i n L o n d o n I s t a r t e d w o r k i n g w i t h white stoneware and later when moving back to Kenya, I had to adjust t o d i f f e r e n t c l a y, E a r t h e n w a r e , w h i c h i s h a r v e s t e d f r o m t h e s o i l t h a t I w a s bor n to, it tur ns a ter racotta color when fired. I have g radually created this first extensive body of work over 3 years while lear ning to understand the different stages within the process of my medium. What I love about ceramics is that there are endless opportunities to create something new and I am constantly lear ning. It is a long process (which can take months) star ting with sculpting , then bisquefiring & finally glazing. My glazes are unique to my work. In order to understand the process, I attended a two week glazing course in Rome which star ted me on the jour ney of a year solely testing glazes and now as a result I have over 300 test tiles. T h i s p r o c e s s i s c h e m i s t r y, a s u b j e c t I w a s n e v e r f o n d o f a t s c h o o l however it allows me to create mag ic and push me out of my comfor t zone. Tr u e a l c h e m y.
I have always found it difficult to explain why I make what I make purely because my process does not star t with a pencil or pen sketching ideas, it seems to happen in the moment. What I can say is: my work has a lot of detail and repeated patter n, all of which mir ror some for m found in nature, where I have always found my inspiration. I am a perfectionist and I am heavily cr itical of myself and my work and suffer from self-doubt. In creating c o m p l e x p i e c e s , I a m f o r c e d t o e x p e r i e n c e a r a n g e o f e m o t i o n s ; r a g e , j o y, fr ustration, boredom‌ But this always ends is a sense of accomplishment. With each piece I complete I prove to myself that I am good at what I do and that I am doing what I am supposed to do. When I was eight I lost my f ather in a ver y trag ic and traumatic way which left me deeply scar red. My work is a way for me to disconnect and I have found it to help me heal m y w o u n d s a n d d e a l w i t h l i f e ’s c h a l l e n g e s . I n m a n i p u l a t i n g t h e p l a s t i c i t y of the clay it feels like it absorbs these emotions and once completed the object is fired making it hard which becomes solid proof of my capabilities but also puts my doubts to rest in a beautiful creation. My inspiration from nature comes from being brought up in Kenya and having parents that made our childhood mag ical. Almost ever y weekend we were tossed in the back of our vintage Land Cr uiser off to some remote spot either in the middle of the bush or somewhere along the Kenyan coast. My childhood is filled with many happy memor ies spending hours on the ocean, fishing , surfing , snorkeling and playing on beaches or sleeping under mosquito nets under a blanket of stars.
CER 01 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 7.5 in| $300
CER 02 | HEIGHT: 5 in LENGTH: 8 in | $380
CER 03 | HEIGHT: 7.5 in LENGTH: 11.5 in | $400
CER 04 | HEIGHT: 6 in LENGTH: 7.5 in | $380
CER 05 | HEIGHT: 7 in LENGTH: 10 in | $380
CER 06 | HEIGHT: 7.5 in LENGTH: 11 in | $400
CER 07 | HEIGHT: 4.5 in LENGTH: 8 in | $300
CER 08 | HEIGHT: 2.5 in LENGTH: 4.7 in | $85
CER 09 | HEIGHT: 4.7 in LENGTH: 5.5 in | $350
CER 10 | HEIGHT: 3 in LENGTH: 5 in | $120
CER 11 | HEIGHT: 7 in LENGTH: 6 in | $300
CER 12 | HEIGHT: 4.5 in LENGTH: 7 in | $350
CER 13 | HEIGHT: 4.5 in LENGTH: 7.5 in | $300
CER 14 | HEIGHT: 2.5 in LENGTH: 5.5 in | $85
CER 15 | HEIGHT: 4.5 in LENGTH: 8 in | $300
CER 16 | HEIGHT: 2.75 in LENGTH: 4.3 in | $65
CER 17 | L: HEIGHT: 6 in LENGTH: 1.2 in S: HEIGHT: 4.5 in LENGTH: 1.2 in | S: $65 L: $75
CER 18 | L: HEIGHT: 12.5 in LENGTH: 2.75 in S: HEIGHT: 5.95 in LENGTH: 2.75 in | S: $220 L: $300
CER 19 | HEIGHT: 5.2 in LENGTH: 9.2 in | $380
CER 20 | HEIGHT: 5 in LENGTH: 8.75 in | $380
CER 21 | HEIGHT: 5 in LENGTH: 10 in | $380
CER 22 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 8.5 in | $350
CER 23 | HEIGHT: 3 in LENGTH: 6 in | $140
CER 24 | HEIGHT: 4.2 in LENGTH: 8 in | $380
CER 25 | BETWEEN: HEIGHT: 2.25 in LENGTH: 3.5 in & HEIGHT: 3 in LENGTH: 4.5 in | $65-$95
CER 26 | BETWEEN: HEIGHT: 2.25 in LENGTH: 3.5 in & HEIGHT: 3 in LENGTH: 4.5 in | $65-$95
CER 27 | HEIGHT: 5 in LENGTH: 6.5 in | $380
CER 28 | HEIGHT: 3.5 in LENGTH: 6.5 in | $250
CER 29 | HEIGHT: 4.25 in LENGTH: 3.5 in | $150
CER 30 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 4.25 in | $200
CER 31 | HEIGHT: 4.25 in LENGTH: 3.5 in | $180
CER 32 | HEIGHT: 2.25 in LENGTH: 3.5 in | $180
CER 33 | HEIGHT: 6.5 in LENGTH: 7 in | $280
CER 34 | HEIGHT: 6 in LENGTH: 7 in | $280
CER 35 | HEIGHT: 4.75 in LENGTH: 3.75 in | $200
CER 36 | HEIGHT: 4.75 in LENGTH: 4 in | $200
CER 37 | HEIGHT: 4.5 in LENGTH: 6.75 in | $320
CER 38 | HEIGHT: 2.5 in LENGTH: 12.25 in | $180
CER 39 | HEIGHT: 3 in LENGTH: 4.5 in | $100
CER 40 | HEIGHT: 3.5 in LENGTH: 10.75 in | $180
CER 41 | HEIGHT: 3.25 in LENGTH: 10 in | $180
CER 42 | HEIGHT: 3.5 in LENGTH: 10.75 in | $180
CER 43 | HEIGHT: 2.75 in LENGTH: 8.5 in | $120
CER 44 | HEIGHT: 3.5 in LENGTH: 10.75 in | $120
CER 45 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 6.5 in | $150
CER 46 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 6.5 in | $150
CER 47 | HEIGHT: 3.25 in LENGTH: 4.5 in | $100
CER 48 | HEIGHT: 3.5 in LENGTH: 10.75 in | $180
CER 49 | HEIGHT: 2.5 in LENGTH: 11.5 in | $180
CER 50 | HEIGHT: 2.5 in LENGTH: 11.5 in | $180
CER 51 | HEIGHT: 3.75 in LENGTH: 7.2 in | $150
CER 52 | HEIGHT: 2.5 in LENGTH: 11.5 in | $180
CER 53 | HEIGHT: 3.75 in LENGTH: 7.2 in | $150
CER 54 | HEIGHT: 3.9 in LENGTH: 14 in | $200
CER 55 | HEIGHT: 5 in LENGTH: 8 in | $120
CER 56 | HEIGHT: 2.75 in LENGTH: 10.5 in | $120
CER 57 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 7.2 in | $180
CER 58 | HEIGHT: 2.75 in LENGTH: 11 in | $180
CER 59 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 7.2 in | $150
CER 60 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 7.2 in | $150
CER 61 | HEIGHT: 2.5 in LENGTH: 11.5 in | $180
CER 62 | HEIGHT: 4 in LENGTH: 7.2 in | $150
CER 63 | HEIGHT: 3 in LENGTH: 8 in | $120
CER 64 | HEIGHT: 3 in LENGTH: 6.5 in | $90
CER 65 | HEIGHT: 3.7 in LENGTH: 13.5 in | $350
CER 66 | HEIGHT: 2.75 in LENGTH: 11.5 in | $150
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