Discover ceramicist Maria Gasparian’s work in this hands-on workshop. Maria will lead you through the process of making clay tiles and decorating them with underglaze colours and ornamental stamps. Learn from an expert to create your own unique tile, based on your personal background and stories!
As an Armenian artist, designer and architect, Maria Gasparian works with the medium of clay and its multi-sensory plastic capabilities to create works of public art. Her studio carries out research, practice and production, to offer socially inclusive and vibrant environments made out of original, colourful, and textured ceramics.
This event will be held at Studio Pottery London, a one-of-a-kind space dedicated to pottery in all its forms. Studio Pottery proposes group taster introductions, foundation courses, and runs a regular schedule of ongoing mixed-ability classes. Their membership scheme allows you to come in your own time and use their wheels’ workspaces.
No previous experience required. Materials will be provided. The one-hour workshop will be followed by an open Q&A with Maria Gasparian, drinks and nibbles!
This event is part of Living | Building | Together: The Armenian Institute's Festival of Architecture, funded by the British Council.
About Maria Gasparian
Maria Gasparian is an award-winning ceramic artist, designer and architect based in London. Originally trained as an architect in Armenia and London, she holds an MA and a PhD in ceramics from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
Maria’s work celebrates the plasticity of clay and by using dynamic forms, texture and colour aims to affect people at an immediate level. Maria won the Unilever Sustain-Ability award and the Mullen Lowe Nova award for innovation in 2016. She was also awarded the Winston Churchill Fellowship to research the global applications of architectural ceramics.
In 2016 Maria founded Maria Gasparian Studio Ltd- a multidisciplinary practice that combines ceramic art, architecture and design. The mission of the studio is to provide multisensory experiences through bespoke tactile and coloured ceramic surfaces, sculptural elements and street furniture contributing to a unique, socially inclusive and vibrant environment and sense of place.
