Sasha works in stoneware and porcelain, building each plate and bowl by hand before the first glaze test. Her relief pieces grow out of the steppe flowers and birds she grew up around in Kazakhstan. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions in Almaty, Bishkek and Tbilisi and is held in several private collections in Europe.
Tomas trained as a sculptor in Budapest and has worked in clay since 2004. His hand-built figures mix folk myth with a sharp modern edge, and he fires most pieces in a wood kiln behind his studio near Kecskemet, Hungary. He divides his year between Hungary and Almaty, where he runs a summer workshop for ceramists.
Robin makes carved and glazed relief tiles, and hand-painted panels in black and white. Her work looks at pattern and repetition, often starting from textiles, flowers or the sea. Born in Glasgow, she moved to Almaty in 2016 and runs a small ceramics studio with her partner.
Adam paints large figurative scenes on glazed ceramic, working from memory rather than from models. His figures float, climb and tangle in landscapes that feel half-remembered. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and has exhibited in Vienna, Berlin and Almaty.
Jordan's abstract glazes start with the colour of a single flower or a field at dusk, then move toward something looser. She paints on glazed stoneware and tiles, often in series of three to five. Her pieces have been shown in Chicago, Tallinn and Almaty, and she taught ceramic decoration at a regional arts college for twelve years.
A group show of ceramics at Focus Gallery in Almaty. Opening night is on 6 November at 18:00.
A solo exhibition by Adam Schwartz, whose painted ceramics float between memory and landscape. The show takes its title from his piece Textured Blue Dish.
Watch the potters at work in the Almaty studio and see new pieces up close.