Alternative Firing Techniques | OpenArtLink 2025 Piraeus
Works by students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna (die Angewandte Ceramic Studio)
[Available in English]
Curated by: Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva
Artists: Alexander Allroggen, Rosa Domes, Anais Eriksson, Julia Geissler, Gaia Gentilotti, Laura Isselhorst, Julian Kadrnoschka, Nelia Mayer-Rolshoven, Joannis Murboeck, Gerald Pfaffl, Anna Carina Roth, Flora Sommer, Roman Spieß, Anna-Lena Stocker, Frances Stusche, Emil Wetter, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva.
The exhibition Alternative Firing Techniques presents works by students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, created within the framework of a course held in the university’s ceramics studio. The aim of this course is to introduce students to traditional firing methods and to contribute to the preservation of this tacit knowledge.
As the ceramics studio is open to students from all disciplines, the works display a broad spectrum of approaches. While students from the design classes pursued a distinctly formal and design-oriented perspective, students from the fine arts emphasised different aspects and developed their own artistic focus.
The exhibition offers a selection of these varied results, complemented by a few works of the studio’s teaching staff. Among the firing techniques explored are salt firing, pit firing, and raku firing – including the specific method of naked raku.
The exhibition is presented at OpenArtLink 2025 | Piraeus Project, an initiative organised by CHEAPART and keramikos_23, aimed to unite international artists from diverse disciplines to explore innovation and creative exchange.
OpenArtLink 2025
Piraeus-Project
Athinon 8-12, 185 40, Piraeus 185 40
22 - 26 October, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Organised by: CHEAPART, keramikos_23
Georg Georgakopoulos, Paolo Incarnato, Fotini Kapiris, Thalia Kerouli
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