Lilach Mileikowski

What inspires you?

Engaging with issues of culture and belonging, my work embodies vulnerability and fortitude. Reflecting on the basic need to connect and nature’s malleable way of reproduction, the forms are constructed by reiterated elements. The singular supported by the whole and the whole united by the singular, it communicates on a personal and global level.

Describe your creative process.

Working with clay is a continual dialogue with the form, exploring ideas through construction. The process is fluid, ideas evolve. To create forms that resonate with my concepts, I developed a framework in which a specifically formulated ceramic-body is incorporated within the construction. The work is built with a robust hand-building clay. Selected pieces are constructed with the addition of multiple layered delicate ceramic-glaze materials, textured-fabric, and steel-mesh. Screen-printed script is applied, and dry glaze employed to complete the form. The final sculpture is complex, in its ability to combine strength and fragility through the unconventional use of ceramic materials.

What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Structural, Multilayered, Poetic

Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

Antony Gormley, Zaha Hadid, Do-Ho-Suh, Judith varga, Amy Kennedy, Fiona Wong, Avital sheffer

What is the most important tool when creating your work?

My Hands

What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Trust yourself

Where do you go for inspiration?

My origin background and the complexity of the middle east conflict. Nature. Ancient pottery and artefacts, books, films