Tova Schaeffer

In my artistic practice, I explore contrasts: hard and soft, straight and crooked, the organic yet sterile. I transfer old sketches and illustrations to ceramics, deconstructing my world of patterns and bringing them to life in clay – like a canvas for me to decorate. Inspired by the sea and nature, forms become patterns and, in turn, ceramic objects.

My degree project is an investigation of form and ornamentation. The material is ceramics, and a recurring theme is contrasts. Ceramics are hard and cold, but my form, expression, and decoration are alive and organic. In my project, I invite guests to a pattern party on a long table, where my ceramic objects serve as the centerpiece of the celebration. I want to maximize and take up space, illustrating the opposite of less is more.