Boropot is the ceramics studio of Wiktoria Borowiec in Siedlce, Gdańsk. She throws pots on the wheel there and runs workshops, and her wavy mugs are at Locus Artis in Gdańsk.
Her first “serious” piece in clay was a fairly realistic cat. Wiktoria made it at a ceramicist friend’s studio when she was thinking of applying to study ceramics at the Academy of Fine Arts and wanted to see what working with clay was like. The cat could only be bisque-fired, so she painted it with green acrylic paint. It has stood on her parents’ balcony for twelve years, winter and summer.
Throwing on the wheel is her favourite technique. It is usually associated with symmetry, but Wiktoria uses it for irregular forms – that’s how her wavy mugs come about. Each one turns out different, and she is curious about every result before she even sits down at the wheel. The mugs sit well in the hand, because your fingers settle naturally into their folds. Behind every mug on the shelf are dozens of trials and tests of form, colour and proportion.
What she brought to Locus Artis.
To Locus Artis Wiktoria brought wavy mugs – the kind she drinks from herself every day. You can hold them by the handle or like a tea bowl when you want to warm your hands. She likes looking at the way they curve – she senses a touch of sculpture in them.
Wiktoria also runs ceramics workshops in her studio in Siedlce.