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My intention during this research is to develop a self-glazing clay body for single firing to reduce the energy consumption of my practice. In these pieces, I also combine different coloured clay which allows me to give form and develop texture at the same time. I’m especially interested in creating a sense of depth and also transparency, making the process evident. I also like to show the material in its plastic state, as if it was frozen in time.

Intertwined (slab)
Terracotta slab with different clay bodies and borosilicate glass coils pressed on top

Image 2 a detail where you can see how the glass “sweats” out of the clay and 3 and 4 images before firing and during the making.

This piece was made @ekwc_oisterwijk during a residency funded by @acecultura by @attua.aparicio

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3 years ago

Looking back at a fantastic workshop with our guest mentor Attua Aparicio during Zurich Design Weeks.

Exploring GLASS ON CERAMICS led to such playful, unexpected and pleasing results. So much fun experimenting with materials, breaking the rules and discovering all the things that happen along the way.

A big thank you to @porzellanfabriklangenthal for sponsoring the porcelain ware and making this workshop possible.
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#dbpottery#glassonceramics#attuaaparicio#ceramicsworkshop#whatsoninzurich taken in Schiffbau by @attua.aparicio

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MICE PYRAMID 1. An exhibition of works that wants to wrong foot you by Rio Kobayashi, Mariah Nielson, Kajsa, Peter McDonald, Jasper Morrisson, Flavia Braendle, Jochen Holz, Aiko&Werner, Angus Mill, Attua Aparicio, Noriko Okaku, Yoko Brown, Keira Takemura and åbäke

2-3-4 October 2026 only

Opening, performances, music and drinks (Numbers) 2 Oct 2026 6-9pm, open 11-6pm Saturday and Sunday
Rose Lipman Building De Beauvoir N1 5SF London hosted by Mill Co. Thanks Gerard Wilson.

@mill_co.llective
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@peter_mcdonald_
@jochen.holz
@attua.aparicio
@riokobayashi_d
@aikoxwerner
@kajsashus
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@angus_mill
@mariah_nielson
@numberswine
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#gemmaholt taken in Rose Lipman Building by @attua.aparicio

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16 days ago

Twisted Benches Summer School
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A two week summer school for local state school students aged 14-18 run by Attua Aparicio and Oscar Lessing. Students designed and prototyped a series of outdoor furniture including a bench, seating and coffee table. Students learnt about furniture design, recycled aluminium sand casting techniques, metal bending, joinery and working with glass.
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This initiative is part of a wider commitment to involve young people in shaping the future of their neighbourhoods. It provides a platform for students to learn by doing, while developing confidence, collaboration skills and portfolios that support future university and job applications in architecture, engineering, and design.⁠

Student designers:⁠ Freddie Clift, Patricia Blazeviciute, Jennifer Duong, Telia Bonte, Ziggy Krzeszowiec Tomioka, Emil Ramelow, Eshal Umair, Hui ping, Rozalinda Cobo, Khushi Pruthi, Middid Lath, Yonatan Yemane, Jasha Siddiqui, Veerawal Majid, Krutagn Mistry
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Tutors: Attua Aparico @attua_aparicio Oscar Lessing @silostudio⁠

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Supported by:⁠
Legal and General
King’s Cross⁠
Overbury
ESP powder coating
The Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Made @b__made⁠
Maylim @maylimltd⁠

@coaldropsyard⁠
@kiosk_n1c⁠ by @attua.aparicio

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21 days ago

Attua Aparicio
Artist & designer · London, UK

Attua Aparicio is a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of design, craft and art. Driven by material experimentation, her practice explores sustainability, tactility and material hybridisation, particularly through her ongoing research combining ceramics with waste borosilicate glass — a material that is normally difficult to recycle.

Presented as part of Dislocated Utility: Objects out of Place.
Curated by Natascha Madeiski & Paulina Reséndiz

Opening 17 September, 18:00
Stay tuned at: www.objectsoutofplace.com

Dislocated Utility: Objects out of Place
17 — 27 September 2026
Waschraum — Former SBB Facility, Zurich, Switzerland

#DislocatedUtility #ObjectsOutOfPlace #ZurichDesignWeeks #ZDW taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @attua.aparicio

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a month ago

Lunch at home in London with artists Jochen Holz (@jochen.holz) and Attua Aparicio (@attua.aparicio) Subscribe to the JB Blunk estate newsletter to see more! by @attua.aparicio

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a month ago

MIRROR, MIRROR
As part of Zurich Design Weeks, London based designer and ceramic artist Attua Aparicio invites you to create your own unique wall mirror, exploring the interplay between clay and glass.

No previous experience in ceramics or glass required.

Date: 19 September 2026 10am-4pm
(1 hour lunch break)

Language: English

Book you spot through the DB Pottery website.
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#Zurichdesignweeks#zdw26#dbpottery#ceramicsworkshop#potteryworkshop taken in Schiffbau by @attua.aparicio

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a month ago

Create your own one of a kind porcelain plate!

Join us for a special workshop with designer Attua Aparicio and explore the vibrant possibilities of decorating ceramics with glass.

Using premium porcelain plates generously provided by Suisse Langenthal, you’ll create and decorate your own unique plate. As the glass melts and fuses during firing, it transforms into rich colours, textures and unexpected surface effects making every piece completely one of a kind.

Whether you’re a ceramicist, designer or simply curious to experiment with materials, this is a rare opportunity to learn from one of the leading voices working at the intersection of glass and ceramics.

Reserve your spot now!
Date: 18.09.26

Supported by Suisse Langenthal.
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#zurichdesignweeks#zdw26#potteryworkshops#keramikkurszürich #dbpottery taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @attua.aparicio

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2 months ago

Materials, process and unexpected combinations.

For this year’s Zurich Design Weeks programme, we’re delighted to welcome Attua Aparicio as a guest mentor at DB Pottery.

Working across product design and contemporary craft, Attua’s practice explores the expressive potential of materials, often bringing glass and ceramics together in playful and surprising ways. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Design Museum London, and she regularly teaches at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins.

During ZDW, Attua will lead two workshops:

GLASS ON CERAMICS is a drop-in workshop, so you’re welcome to join at any point throughout the afternoon and experiment with glass on ceramic surfaces.

MIRROR, MIRROR is a one-day workshop where participants will create their own ceramic mirror.

We’ll be sharing a closer look at both workshops over the coming days. If you’d like to reserve a spot already, bookings are now open via the link in our bio.
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#dbpottery #zurichdesignweeks #zdw #attuaaparicio #zurich

Works from Jinghdezhen residency project presented by MDR Gallery

We are part of ZDW26

@zurichdesignweeks

GLASS ON CERAMICS
Date: 18.09.26 4-8pm

All porcelain used in these workshops is generously provided by our project partner, Suisse Langenthal.
@porzellanfabriklangenthal

MIRROR, MIRROR
Date: 19.09 from 10am- 4pm

GLASS ON CERAMICS
Date: 18.09.26 4-8pm

All porcelain used in these workshops is generously provided by our project partner, Suisse Langenthal.
@porzellanfabriklangenthal taken in Zürich, Switzerland by @attua.aparicio

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3 months ago

Last weekend to see 100
Candleholders @jbblunkestate
I thought I share some photos of the candleholders I made for the show before it closes.

100 Candleholders is the second iteration of the ‘100’ series, inspired by JB Blunk’s 1981 exhibition 100 Plates, which playfully pushed the visual and functional boundaries of one of his most prolific forms. This group exhibition features 100 artists from around the world, each responding to the same brief: to create a candleholder of any material inspired by JB Blunk’s work or the Blunk House.

Blunk Space
11101 CA-1
# 105
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
#blunkspace by @attua.aparicio

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7 months ago

100 Candleholders is now on view at Blunk Space 100 through Saturday, March 28.

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"The ‘Digit Texture’ series reflects my meditative and systematic technique of coiling clay, each layer joined with the downward press of my thumb — a gesture inspired by the nest-building of potter wasps."

Attua Aparicio
Digit 3, 2025
Stoneware and iron oxide glaze
8 1/2 x 13 x 3 inches
(21.6 x 33 x 7.6 cm)
@attua.aparicio

"The work is a vigil for the innumerable children killed and injured in Gaza at the hands of the US-sponsored Israeli occupation."

Ava Woo Kaufman
untitled (children), 2025
Mineral wax, cotton cord, cotton paper, watercolor
4 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
(12.1 x 34.9 cm)
@avakaufman

"Commissioned to design a candelabra as a centerpiece for a table, Bethan plays with graphic shapes, inspired by classic 1950s fabrics, and explodes them into 3D forms. An interest in the connection between candles and worship is also explored through the referencing of forms from miniature temples created as portable altars, with the crisscrossed wooden bows evoking Japanese interlocking construction, which is often found in temple architecture."

Bethan Laura Wood
Candelabra Shrine, 2024
Lacquered wood, metal, wax
20 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches
(52 x 42 x 39 cm)
@bethanlaurawood

"This work is a solid piece of clay formed by Bosco by hand. He then fired it in the fireplace of his home in upstate, New York. The work reflects the philosophy of Bosco; how the accident, the unpredictable, and the non-control make the work unrepeatable."

Bosco Sodi
Untitled, 2025
Clay
5 1/8 x 4 x 4 inches
(13 x 10 x 10 cm)
@studioboscosodi

"Storm in a teacup" is an idiom that describes a situation where a small problem or event is blown out of proportion, causing unnecessary drama and excitement. It implies that the fuss being made is not serious or important in the grand scheme of things. In other words, it's much ado about nothing. The wonky candle adds a bit of drama, tension and trepidation."

Carl Clerkin
A storm in a tea cup, 2025
Timber, ceramic, steel
3 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches
(8 x 15 cm)
@carl_clerkin by @attua.aparicio

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9 months ago

After 12 years, I’ve had to say goodbye to my studio at @acme.art. When I first moved in, I shared the space with Jochen; later, my sister Saelia and I took another studio in the same building, and over time, as spaces became available, we each ended up with our own.
The building is now being demolished as part of a redevelopment plan in Stratford, so everyone have had to leave. Luckily, we’ve found a very nice new studio not too far away in Forest Gate, which I’ll be sharing again with Jochen…I’m already missing not having Saelia around
A few images of a space that has given us so much 🤍
1. Jochen’s studio.
2. My studio.
3. @jochen.holz and his fantastic glass work.
4. Offering his strength and flexibility to load my large pieces into the kiln.
5. Already missing having my sister @saelia.aparicio as a neighbour.
6. I will also miss the sunsets over the Jubilee line
7. and the winter sun filling the room (the new studio is north-facing).
8. I’m sure the plants will miss it too,
9. but hopefully they’ll keep giving us displays like this…
10. …or this.
11. Wish me a Happy New Studio! by @attua.aparicio

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