Dawn Hajittofi
I discovered a love for clay in my teens and always wanted to be a maker. Life ultimately took me along a different path but I continued to be drawn back to working with clay and eventually studied ceramics at Havering college and UCA Farnham. I was finally able to pursue my original passion and become a full-time maker in 2020.
From my studio in the Surrey hills, I make thrown and altered vessels from white earthenware clay to represent a ‘life story’. I add marks and indentations to signify unforgotten events and paint the surface with abstract marks using coloured slips, oxides and underglazes before randomly applying glaze.
Influenced by my work in pastoral care and counselling each process symbolises the significant events we encounter and acknowledges the lasting impact they can have. I also add gilt to the surface to reference ‘Kintsugi’ the Japanese art of restoring a broken vessel with gold. This much-loved metaphor for life is a reminder to stay hopeful and to celebrate all that we overcome.
-Dawn Hajittofi
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