/dev/random creations is Kasia from Gdańsk, who throws on the wheel and builds from slabs after hours, making functional ceramics; she put her own kiln in the basement. She fires high, so the pieces don’t absorb water and can go in the dishwasher. Her mugs, coffee cups, lanterns and porcelain jewellery are at Locus Artis in Gdańsk.
For as long as she can remember, she has collected art supplies and tried every technique that caught her eye – not just paint and clay. For a few years now she has settled firmly on ceramics. Hence the /dev/random in the name: so as not to shut herself into one style or material. What gives her the most joy are things that please the eye and then get used every day.
Ceramics hooked her so thoroughly that a kiln went into the basement. Kasia makes mostly tableware – thrown on the wheel or built from slabs. She uses non-toxic glazes and fires at high temperature, so the clay body seals well.
Every piece comes out a little different: there are sets that go together, but no two identical pieces and no large series. Now and then she also turns to watercolour, alcohol ink or epoxy resin. She does all of it after hours, so time is short – ideas, though, she has for the next few decades.
What she brought to Locus Artis.
To Locus Artis she brought unicorn mugs, handleless coffee cups, lanterns and porcelain jewellery – rings, earrings, brooches and pendants.
The pieces are dishwasher-safe and the glazes are non-toxic – ceramics made for everyday use.