Team | Studio Visit Luna Mara
A look into Luna Mara’s studio
Last May Louis and I took a train ride from Antwerp to Amsterdam visiting Luna Mara’s ceramic studio site at Studio Pansa, which is an open access clay and ceramics workspace in Amsterdam facilitating artists, makers and students.
On a day where the weather forecast announced the sky to be cloaked by grey and rainy clouds we were lucky enough to have sun rays tearing open these same grey clouds and reaching the downstairs area of the studio where Luna works.
Luna in the Childhood Jacket 2.0, Simple Tee & Karl Trouser
Sunbathing vessels
A few working tools, a small container with slip and a work in progress fill the corner of the large workbench. While Louis is provided with a tray of water and I have prepared the photography equipment Luna placed some of her finished and unfinished work on the table.
Tools of trade
Luna carrying her baby
I couldn’t help but feel that each piece encapsulated a body, not solely in the physical sense but also in an intangible sense. This encapsulation is part of Luna’s style, or at least how I perceive her style and it’s something that’s evoked either consciously or unconsciously. Taking a look at Luna’s work there are reoccurring elements of tactility through the way the ceramics are build, it’s as if you would attain the work if you would come in physical contact with it. Volume is another element that is seen and felt, the eye tells you the ceramics are strong and enduring.
After leaving the studio we went for coffee and something sweet right around the corner. Whilst discussing a various amount of topics the question ‘do you feel like an artist?’ arose. Luna told me that to her it would vary between feeling like an artist when creating free work, a maker when focused on production work or a klutz (paraphrasing this last part). All of these ways contribute to what Luna’s body of work ends up becoming.
