Giulia Forgione
Self-taught potter with a background in anthropology and a permanent position that I left a few days before this shot.
“A tiny room with a metal shelf, a large table, some clay and the exuberant company of my dog-that’s how it all started.”
Deep down, I always knew I wanted to work with my hands, but I came to ceramics after much wandering.
Lacking any formal training, the challenges at the beginning were numerous, and frustration stayed with me for a long time. However, the desire to experiment kept me going—kneading, undoing, and redoing, over and over again. Until today.
My practice is deeply influenced by local geology and botany. I try to give them a voice through the making of ceramics. Rocks, local clays, ashes from different plants, and waste materials from construction sites and quarries are the raw materials from which my research starts.
I take great satisfaction in seeing rocks and dust destined for disposal become a beautiful glaze, thus making ceramics a more environmentally sustainable practice
