Description: María Oriza is a Ceramicist in Madrid - Spain. María Oriza mainly works with Ceramics. María Oriza had intended to study art at university, but bureaucracy prevented her from doing so in Madrid, where she wished to remain. So instead, she eventually chose ceramics. At first, she knew n...
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María Oriza had intended to study art at university, but bureaucracy prevented her from doing so in Madrid, where she wished to remain. So instead, she eventually chose ceramics. At first, she knew nothing about it, but she was quickly captivated by the potter's wheel and the process of using oxides to make colours. “I felt immediately that I was profoundly connected to clay and stoneware,” she says. She was also interested in drawing and sculpture, and tried to merge both techniques. She now makes wall pie
I began to research with iron, concrete and polyester. I combined iron and ceramics, iron and concrete. I was passionate. In my head I had the idea to merge drawing and ceramics. But my goal is simplicity, even if there’s a very complex process behind every piece.