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Kira Ni

Hometown: Latvia

Based in: Tallinn

Hello there, my name is Kira and I’m hands behind the Kira Ni Ceramics. I am originally from Latvia but have started my pottery journey in London, UK.

For years I’ve been working in office jobs but was always searching for something creative. I don’t really know how it happened exactly, but one day in Jan 2014 I signed up for an evening pottery workshop in my local college. That was when everything changed. It was like it ignited a spark inside me. I spent the next ten months attending the workshop as well as different classes. I started planning my brand and practising my skills. In October 2014 I signed up for a 3 months BTEC level in order to learn the most important basics of ceramics. The rest happened very quickly: I left my job and basically put my old corporate career on hold in the hope of creating something I could feel mine and Kira Ni Ceramics was launched in Feb 2015.

After my relocation to a small Mediterranean island called Malta, I pursued hand-building. It was that time when pottery became my full-time career. Soon after I changed stoneware clay to porcelain, it took me almost 10 months just to understand porcelain, how it works, and mostly, how it shapes. Just before my next move to Tallinn, Estonia, I have started experimenting with coloured porcelain. My current work consists of vases and sculptures as well a new range of slip-casted porcelain objects.

 



Kira Ni In The Studio

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More About Kira Ni

Question IconWhat inspires you?

The inspiration stems from Nordic lifestyle. However, the shapes are inspired by the still life paintings of the wonderful Italian painter Giorgio Morandi and industrial buildings such as the Battersea Power Station in London, UK.

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

I sketch a lot, but not necessary for the upcoming projects. Sketchbook allows me to come back to my previous designs rework them and see if they fit with my current project. I now work on a project that I have sketched a few years back.

Question IconWhat are 3 words that best describe your work?

Clean lines, Delicate, Tactile

Question IconWhat is the most important tool when creating your work?

Patience and repetition.

Question IconWhat is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Don't buy a big kiln. This advise was given to me by a technician when I was doing my BTEC level. Till today it is still the best advice I was ever given.

Question IconWhere do you go for inspiration?

Walks by the sea


Collections Featuring Kira Ni

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