{"id":6315,"date":"2017-11-14T03:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T03:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/?p=6315"},"modified":"2017-11-14T03:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T03:43:13","slug":"desiree-malan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/desiree-malan\/","title":{"rendered":"Desiree Malan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The main focus of my work as a ceramic artist the past 8 years were ceramic beads and jewellery components which are sold to local and international jewellery designers who appreciate art beads with a sense of origin.<\/p>\n

During an artist residency in 2013 at the Cite des Arts Internationale in Paris, France I became immensely interested in jewellery as art. \u00a0Paris hosted Circuits Bijoux, a contemporary art jewellery show, which opened my eyes to the possibilities of combining ceramic and metal to create art jewellery.<\/p>\n

Pod Necklace, 2015, Ceramics, Sterling Silver, Wellington, South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Running a busy production studio leaves me with very little time to explore and design jewellery. \u00a0I wish to take time out in Thailand to rethink my work process and to allow the residency to inspire me to go into a new direction. \u00a0I would use the work visit to sketch jewellery designs and allow the new environment to influence my design process. \u00a0I hope to return home with a file full of new ideas and with a clear sense of how I can combine ceramics and metal to create exciting, authentic African art jewellery.<\/p>\n

I have been experimenting with pitfiring and with metal casting the past two years and now need to combine these in well designed jewellery pieces. \u00a0I find that when I’m away from my day-to-day activities and comfortable studio space, I ‘see’ things differently and inspiration comes to me much quicker. \u00a0I cast directly from fabric, lace and organic material and often find the most interesting pieces to cast when I’m travelling. I also hope to collect interesting objects, fabric and organic material during my stay at ComPeung which I can cast and use in jewellery.<\/p>\n

Love Lace Necklace, 2017, Gold plated brass, pearls, Wellington, South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am a full time, professional ceramic and jewellery artist and work from a studio which I rent in a cultural centre in Wellington, South Africa. \u00a0My studio is a production as well as teaching studio.<\/p>\n

The main focus in my ceramic studio is the manufacturing of ceramic beads and jewellery components which are hand made by a group of single mothers from a disadvantaged community in my home town. \u00a0I design, glaze and fire the beads in my studio.<\/p>\n

I also make ceramic tiles and have completed several large ceramic tile installations and mosaic murals. \u00a0 I am often invited to take part in art exhibitions for which I make pots and vases and recently, also jewellery.<\/p>\n

Paris in autumn, Ceramic clay, gold lustre, Paris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the past 3 years I have taken a huge interest in metalsmithing and have done several courses. \u00a0I use the lost wax casting process to make one-of-a-kind jewellery which are sold through a local gallery.<\/p>\n

I was commissioned in 2014 by a cultural institution to train 5 young women in ceramics over a period of 9 months. \u00a0It gives me tremendous pleasure to teach and share the skills I have learnt through the years.<\/p>\n

Autumn leaves, 2014, Terracotta, Copper, Sterling Silver, Wellington, South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The main focus of my work as a ceramic artist the past 8 years were ceramic beads and jewellery components which are sold to local and international jewellery designers who … explore this artist(s)Desiree Malan<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-6315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sculpture-installation","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6317,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions\/6317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}