Mashiko Museum Residency Program Autumn 2023
©️Philipp Ender
| 1993 | Born in Austria. |
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| 2014-17 | BA study manual & material culture, New Design University, St. Pölten (AT) |
| 2018-19 | Apprenticeship metal workshop and porcelain & mould making manufacturer, Vienna (AT) |
| 2019-21 | School for design, furnace construction & ceramics, Stoob (AT) |
| 2019- | Teacher at art school Vienna “design&space” and “3D visualization with Rhino 3D” |
| 2020- | Self-employed ceramicist as “FRANZI.IST” (www.franzi.ist) in Vienna. Design and manufacture of tableware for several restaurants and daily vessels for everyone (AT) |
| 2021- | Teacher of course “experimental plastic” at New Design University, St. Pölten (AT) |
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I am a ceramic designer and ceramicist from Austria. In my studio in Vienna I produce porcelain and stoneware tableware. I pour porcelain pots and throw stoneware pots on the wheel. Most things I manufacture are cups, plates and bowls. I studied product design before I attended a ceramic school where I learnt how to throw the wheel. In my work I use a 3D program called Rhinoceros for making my designs first digital and see how the proportions work - then I will make it in the original material.
I heard a lot about Mashiko and the density of great artists living there, the history of ceramics and the possibility of an intense exchange about different approaches to pots. When I am in my studio I often ask myself “what is a good pot”. I am interested to get to know different perspectives from the potters who live in Mashiko and see it as inspiration for my work. In my residency I will focus on making single-piece vessels like bowls and vases for which I will let myself inspire also by museum objects, stories from the people, materials & the landscape.
Thursday, October 19 / Thursday, October 26, / Thursday, November 9. 14:00-16:00 at Pottery Studio (next to Mashiko Arts & Crafts Residence)
Sunday, October 15. 14:00-16:00 at Mashiko Arts & Crafts Residence
Theme of lecture: “Designing ceramics - a dialogue between crafts and digital technology”
Saturday, November 18 - Sunday, November 19. 10:00-12:00/13:30-16:00 at Mashiko Arts & Crafts Residence
The artist shows an original work and the works made in Mashiko.
*The artist will not be at the venue all the time.
Depending on the situation, the plan might be changed.
For the latest information, please check our social media.
| 1986 | Born in Bizen City, Okayama |
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| 2007-10 | Apprentice to Living National Treasure Jun Isezaki |
| 2011-12 | Moved to the UK, worked at Kigbeare Studios and Gallery and Whichford Pottery |
| 2015-18 | Invited to Oxford University as a project leader for Oxford Anagama Project (UK) |
| 2017 | Exhibited in Ceramic Art London (UK) |
| 2019 | Artist/creator award at OKAYAMA AWARD |
| 2022 | Solo Exhibition at Tenmaya department store (Okayama) |
| 2022- | Residency artist (Australia) and lecturer at various workshops (Australia, Indonesia and Hong Kong) |
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I was born in Imbe, Bizen City, the center of Bizen pottery with a history of more than 800 years of wood-fired kilns. I grew up in an environment where pottery was a matter of course even before I could remember. My father is also a Bizen ware artist, and my childhood friend’s house also had wood-fired kilns and piles of wood.
After graduating from high school, I casually entered the world of pottery, and after four years as an apprentice, I gradually began to realize the depth of pottery and the joy of creating works.
From my mid-20s, through a period of pottery life overseas, mainly in England, I’ve learned a lot about how to relate to life, both as a job and as a way of living, and while changing over a long period of history, there are always possibilities in front of me, and pottery is an existence that continues to give me the motivation to challenge.
Each clay and material have its own characteristics, not just good or bad, and depending on how it is handled, it changes into a one of-a-kind form. In the process, there is my own way of getting involved, there are walls that can be overcome through techniques and experiences, and like a wood-fired kiln, some uncertain elements give unexpected results, and I feel the interest of pottery.
In recent years, I have been working on creating works with porcelain that I dig in mines in Bizen City. It is a material that is completely different from the original clay of Bizen ware in terms of color, properties and features, but the excitement when I first saw the material is the driving force, and it is a big challenge for me to overcome. During my stay in Mashiko, I hope it will be an opportunity to touch the materials from various angles and make them into a material that can be treated as my own expression method.
Thursday, October 26 / Thursday, November 9 / Thursday, November 16 / Thursday/National Holiday, November 23.
14:00-16:00 at Pottery Studio
Saturday, November 11. 14:00-16:00 Mashiko Arts & Crafts Residence
Theme of lecture: “What is expected for a Japanese potter?”
Friday, December 1 – Sunday, December 3. 10:00-12:00/13:30-16:00 at Mashiko Arts & Crafts Residence
The artist shows an original work and the works made in Mashiko.
*The artist will not be at the venue all the time.
*Admission free
Depending on the situation, the plan might be changed.
For the latest information, please check our social media.
Access to Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art / Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko
