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My Ceramics

In the studio I like to do	Handbuilding, Sculpting
Clay body	Earthenware, Stoneware, Porcelain
Kiln Type	Electric Kiln
Kiln Atmosphere	Oxidation Atmosphere
Temperature	Medium (1050ºC) – High (1250ºC)
Glaze	Glazes for stoneware and porcelain, from cone 7 to cone 10.
You can buy my work from	By email: mariacruzvelasquez@gmail.com and aramar.ceramics@gmail.com

About Me

Introduction	My name is María Cruz and I am from Oaxaca, Mexico. I studied Visual Arts and Photography and I became passionate for ceramics about 3 years ago. A year ago, I started working on my own ceramic brand where I create ceramic jewelry, it is named Aramar Ceramics. Now I am very interested in creating jewelry and abstract sculpture with ceramics. Also in materials research, therapeutical uses of ceramics, art history and ceramic traditions.
What I Love about Ceramics	I love that it allows me to express myself in a very deep a genuine way, I love working in touch with minerals, water and fire. I love the connections I make with people through ceramics and the way I get to see life also through ceramics.
How I started with ceramics	I became passionate for ceramics about 3 years ago, I always wanted to take the ceramic course at college but is was not offered by that time. So I started in a private workshop. At the beginning I learned some hand building basic techniques and I started making sculptures using stoneware. Then I became interested in the traditional earthenware techniques that are practiced around my hometown, and I learned some of those techniques as well.
What inspires me	I am very inspired by nature, organic shapes and body shapes. I am also very inspired by the sea, my ceramic jewelry brand -Aramar Ceramics- is all about sea inspiration.
What I'm working on at the moment	I’m working on a sculpture series -both in stoneware and earthenware- related to the female body, the womb and the wounds.