Márta Radics

Ceramicist

The dance and harmony of contrasts

Márta's sculptures are influenced by fine arts and applied arts
She mainly works with porcelain casting, combined with freehand elements
Her sculptures are thought-provoking fusions of constructive and figurative details

Márta Radics has been working with ceramics since she was in high school, but it was only during her thesis that her curiosity and love for the medium really took over. As an artist, she has experimented with many techniques, but today, porcelain casting is the mainstay of her work, which she often combines with freehand elements. Márta uses a new technology that she developed in recent years: she calls it "shape in shape", which refers to the ability to assemble several castings in a single mould. From the fine art point of view, her objects are independent sculptures with an ideological background, while from the viewpoint of applied arts, her intention to build new spatial structures made of conscious, geometric elements plays a central role.

Interview

What inspires you?: My main inspiration comes from the interesting harmony between the built environment and the natural environment. Both can overwhelm, or sometimes together they can create an interesting balance.
What do you love most about your work?: My work is an adventurous game of the mind: the relationship between building blocks and organic forms offers me endless formal and conceptual possibilities.
What do you think makes an object really good?: An object must have complex and sensitive effects to be said to be 'good'. A high level of technical knowledge alone is not enough – the message is also very important.
Are there any specific skills that you are particularly proud of?: For a long period I built organic forms from clay slabs. At the moment I am most interested in porcelain casting combined with freehand elements, but these are partly based on my experience with clay tiles. I think this combination of the different methods makes my style unique.

Márta Radics is a master artisan: she began her career in 1997 and she started teaching in 2000