Fairy Pottery is Klaudia Gawlik’s studio in Bielsko-Biała. Klaudia throws on the wheel and sculpts functional ceramics inspired by fairy tales, full of animals, mushrooms, elves and fauns. At Locus Artis in Gdańsk you will find her mugs – with an octopus, a snail, a chameleon or an elf face – and a cat-shaped lamp.
Klaudia made her first pieces at home, at a small wooden table squeezed in between the dining room, the kitchen and the hallway. Since June 2024 she has had a proper studio in the centre of Bielsko-Biała – with room for workshops and for other artists.
Fairy Pottery grows out of fairy tales, the natural world and the cottagecore style. Klaudia looks for inspiration in animals, in the kingdom of mushrooms and in human anatomy, and sums up her approach in one sentence: “I bend reality, giving my work a fairy-tale style.” That is how her collections came about: Grzybowa Miłość, Mroczne Elfy, Elfy Jasne, Faun z talerzykiem, Bohema and Magiczne Zwierzęta.
She throws or sculpts every piece, then glazes it with brushes – sometimes ones with just a few hairs.
What she brought to Locus Artis.
Klaudia’s mugs came to Locus Artis: with an octopus, a snail, a chameleon and with faces, along with a cat-shaped lamp.
All her pieces are fired at 1220 °C and glazed only with food-safe glazes, and the tableware is dishwasher-safe. Klaudia also runs workshops at her studio in Bielsko-Biała.