Designer, Ceramicist
JULEN USSIA
Bask Country, Spain
“Ceramicist story”
There is an evident interdisciplinary approach to his work that comes surely from his academic background. He studied Fine Arts and the, after taking up ceramics as a product-design undergraduate in Barcelona, returned to his hometown of Bilbao to pursue a graduate degree called “Master in Ceramics: Art and Function,” which was focused on the experimental gray area between art and design.
Ceramicist quote
“my research lab has got the aim of proposing new hypotheses and possibilities in furniture”
Julen Ussia, designer & ceramicist
THE PROCESS
Julen Ussia calls for a playful act, an interaction with the objects that implies also the application our problem-solving skills as well as a great dose of intuition of how objects and materials interact together. The Spanish designer doesn’t even provide an ultimate function for what he creates: he investigates the very usability of shapes, how material relates to each other and with gravity and tensions.
Description
Volume
Grès chamotté blanc
Céramique composée de deux parties mobile, cette pièce est inspirée d’assises basques anciennes. Partie centrale avec fond creux, partie supérieure circulaire amovible.
Dimensions : hauteur 45 x diamètre 36 cm
Fabriqué dans le Pays basque espagnol
Le travail est entièrement artisanal, il peut comporter quelques aspérités et imperfections.
Biographie
Julen Ussia
Designer-céramiste basque, vit et travaille entre Bilbao et Barcelone.
Julen Ussia conçoit des pièces artisanales et expérimentales à partir d’argile. Animé par la recherche, le processus de création, ses explorations le mène vers de nouvelles formes, entre art et design.
Julen Ussia est un jeune designer cité récemment par le magazine Arquitectura y diseno parmi les 10 jeunes designers espagnols à suivre.
Crédit photographique : Julen Ussia