In the work of ceramist Frida Mälarborn Hoshino, the design language of the Swedish 18th century meets the Japanese method of coloring clay called Nerikomi. Her sculptures and objects not only have a poetic energy, but amazing painterly qualities.
Q: While you poster artworks are beautiful, you’re more well-known for your ceramic sculptures/items. How do you feel about your three-dimensional work becoming two-dimensional?
A: I find it exciting that my sculptures change character and become new work through the camera lens. I think the prints stand on their own as art pieces.
Q: How did you first become interested in ceramics?
A: I discovered ceramics when I got to try clay in an art class in high school, I fell in love at once and started a ceramic course in the evenings with mostly old ladies, it was the highlight of the week.
Q: What is some of the best advice you've ever received in your work life?
A: To always take home something I’ve done if I’m dissatisfied. Changing place and content always gives new perspectives and I always see new things that way and not least it saves a lot of things from the dustbin.
Q: What do you hope to accomplish with your career over the next few years?
A: I want to develop my sculptures. I feel that I am in the starting phase of something that needs to be explored. I also hope for good contexts to show my sculptures abroad and different types of fun collaborations.
Frida Mälarborn Hoshino is educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen and in 2006 she graduated from HDK, the Academy of Design and Crafts, in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she now lives and works.
In recent years, Frida has been working exclusively with a Japanese technique called Nerikomi. The technique involves dyeing the clay in different colors and by kneading colored pieces of clay, fascinating and beautiful patterns appear.
The technique gives countless expressions and possibilities and Frida works with it for both sculptures and everyday objects. Her beautiful patterns with colored clay formations have become posters for Fine Little Day.
