Rhea Rituals. Meet Wendy
Meet Wendy.
Wendy is a British artist working with clay, based in Berlin. Her slab-constructed vessels and objects are influenced by the built environment, modernist geometry, and a quiet connection to her ancestry of Northern English bricklayers. Alongside this, she throws tableware on the wheel. Her work brings together controlled forms with the unpredictable surfaces of wood and other atmospheric firing.
Daily Ritual.
Very simple. Every morning I make a coffee and take it back to bed. I also like to light incense or burn something scented.
Flow.
I often hear people say that making ceramics must be so meditative, alluding to a kind of flowing, soft state. But I think meditation isn't really like that either, the quietness can be really loud. My process in the studio is quite cerebral and planned, with the firing bringing the
unexpected, which I love in contrast. Flow happens inside that structure.
Female Inspiration.
So many. But just picking one right now I would say Eileen Gray, the modernist designer and architect. There's a real material intelligence in her work, and a way she combines precision with softness that I'm drawn to. She had no formal architecture training, and was a woman working in a field of mostly men, making her all the more inspiring.
