Most ceramicists embrace the unpredictability of the potters wheel, the kiln and the glazing process, but not 28-year-old Natalie Herrera. “I wish I was more free-form, considering clay is one of the most pliable and organic mediums, but I love problem solving, angles and proportions too much,” says the Brooklyn-based graphic designer, who recently launched the ceramics line High Gloss. She developed her own processes to bring a precision to her work, using unconventional tools like a compass, an X-acto knife and a drafting triangle. Interested in playing with geometry as well as positive and negative space, she cites as influences the Modernist sculptor Ruth Duckworth and the fashion house Maison Martin Margiela, which she admires for their ability to “take a traditional object and reinvent the form by turning it on its head.”
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