{"id":2885,"date":"2025-05-15T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2025-06-15T07:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:39:58","slug":"julia-glina-i-szkliwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/en\/julia-glina-i-szkliwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia, clay and glazes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pntrst_main_before_after\"><\/div><p>Clay and glazes are good, albeit strict, teachers, every ceramicist will tell you that. How they can change a person and their life, will be told by Julia K\u0142opotowska, a long-time participant of ceramic workshops at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mimbresceramika\"> the Mimbres studio<\/a>, who summed it up as follows on the eve of her first solo exhibition:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2887 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2314-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2314-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2314-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2314-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2314-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2314-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>My ceramic adventure started when I was a secondary school student and my friend asked me to join her on the ceramics workshop in our local cultural centre. That\u2019s how I met Dorota \u0141asisz, the founder of the Mimbres ceramics studio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2889 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6590-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6590-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6590-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6590-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6590-1205x1536.jpg 1205w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6590-1606x2048.jpg 1606w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6590-scaled.jpg 2008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A little bit by accident, but I decided to try and\u2026 I fell in love! My parents have always supported my passions and artistic development, so they took me to Dorota\u2019s studio every week. I dutifully modelled, chiselled and glazed under Dorota\u2019s supervision until \u2013 who knows when \u2013 13 years passed, or maybe more?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I grew up with ceramics, learning patience, waiting for the results of my work and humility when something didn&#8217;t work out. Dorota always tells new people in the studio that the kiln will verify whether we are doing things precisely and correctly. This lesson is still useful to me in many aspects of my life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2890 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7400-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7400-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7400-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7400-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7400-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_7400-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I love ceramics because it allows me to express myself creatively, because it does not set many boundaries, but also for its unpredictability. I enjoy glazing and waiting for the effect it will bring the most. I think it is visible in my works, which have many different glazes and colours &#8211; after all, the more of them, the more you can surprise yourself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I think I am also a bit lucky with ceramics. I can count the cracked works on the fingers of one hand, and those who know me better know that I have got butterfingers, and I easily drop things. I also live in harmony with glazes and rarely need to fire anything twice. Of course, I have my own wall (closet actually) of shame, in which, among others, an angel has taken up residence, whose hair and hands have fallen off, but Dorota&#8217;s watchful eye has allowed me to refine and discover the techniques that work best for me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2891 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230329_172132-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230329_172132-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230329_172132-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230329_172132-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230329_172132-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20230329_172132-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>For me, ceramics is also about people &#8211; the community that Dorota has built around the studio. Age differences don&#8217;t matter during classes and for an hour and a half a week you can get to know everyone, but also yourself from a different side than you would normally. All these factors have led to the fact that I return to ceramics every week and always find time for it, even when I&#8217;m busy. It allows me to stop for a moment and think, to rest. A side effect of this passion is my growing artistic output.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I had the opportunity to show some of my works at group studio openings, but this time I invite you to my first individual opening to see what my passion has led me to, a bit of coincidence, but above all, the right people.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.1em;\">Julia&#8217;s solo exhibition!<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2892 alignleft\" style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/493290274_1434234677875994_22770235277730018_n-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/493290274_1434234677875994_22770235277730018_n-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/493290274_1434234677875994_22770235277730018_n-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/493290274_1434234677875994_22770235277730018_n-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/493290274_1434234677875994_22770235277730018_n-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/493290274_1434234677875994_22770235277730018_n.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can see closely ceramics Julia&#8217;s artworks 16th May 2025 5:00pm at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61558662134041\">Caf\u00e9 Bujalska<\/a> in Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition will be opened 17th &#8211; 22nd May 9:00am &#8211; 21:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you were inspired by Julia&#8217;s story and would like to join the ceramic workshops, write to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mimbresceramika\">Dorota \u0141asisz &#8211; Mimbres Ceramics Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pntrst_main_before_after\"><\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/szkloiceramika\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-buttons-pack\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/en\/julia-glina-i-szkliwa\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.szklo-ceramika.online\/en\/julia-glina-i-szkliwa\/\" data-type=\"button\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clay and glazes are good, albeit strict, teachers, every ceramicist will tell you that. 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