At the beginning of her ceramic career, Belgium-based Patty Wouters explored different types of clay and firing techniques. Ultimately she focused mainly on making thrown vessels in porcelain, finished with terra sigillata, fired in a saggar. Her vessels are metaphors for beings in search of identity and balance, in communication with their environment. Her work contains a rich symbolism.
More and more high-fired porcelain elements began to be part of her work. She explored the possibilities of paper porcelain and experimented with organic materials which she integrated into her work that took on more sculptural forms. The vulnerability of people and nature is a recurring theme in her current work. Porcelain is the most obvious material for her : the material itself radiates fragility through its essential qualities of whiteness, thinness and translucence.
Patty Wouters exhibited widely in her country, as well as in South Korea, Australia, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Since 1993 she participated in numerous international group exhibitions and her work has been awarded with several prizes in Italy, Bulgaria, South-Korea, Spain and Belgium.
She has extensive experience in teaching at art academies and universities at home and abroad. She writes articles for professional journals and is often requested as curator and jury member. She is a member of the IAC (International Academy of Ceramists)
Website: www.pattywouters.be
