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Laurin Schaub

Laurin Schaub

Analog.y
Relief
A.Part

Nome(i)

Laurin Schaub (1984)

Website(s)

laurinschaub.ch

Instagram

@laurinschaub

Impiego

100% independent

Formazione

Postgraduate DAS, Ceramic and Polymer Creation, HEAD
Apprenticeship as a ceramist, Keramikfachklasse Bern
Apprenticeship as a potter, Töpferei Wehrle, Willisau

Titolo

Analog.y
Relief
A.Part

Anno di creazione

2019–2020 (Analog.y), 2020 (Relief), 2022–2023 (A.Part)

Luogo di creazione

Bern (Analog.y), Mexico City (MX; Relief), Bern (A.Part)

Contesto di creazione

Personal (Analog.y), Grant (Relief), Personal (A.Part)

Collaboratore(i)

Nouvel Studio for Relief

Oggetto(i) mostrato(i)

Ceramic vases, glass objects

Dimensioni

16 pieces between 10 × 10 × 20 cm and 50 × 50 × 40 cm,
installed on display measuring 3.5 × 1 m

Formati / Durata
Materiale(i)

Porcelain, cast glass

Fornitore(i) di materiale

Laurin Schaub engages with the craft of ceramics in our era and ponders: what is pottery today, and what becomes of a centuries-old craft when faced with industrial aesthetics and digital logic? He works manually in the traditional way, drawing upon contemporary aesthetic references and technical aids. For instance, the individual parts of the porcelain vases from the A.Part series are crafted using 3D-printed tools, formally referencing industrially manufactured semi-finished products. Similarly, the objects from the Analog.y project, shaped on a potter’s wheel, are produced through a continuous interplay of manual and digital techniques. With a laptop and potter’s wheel working hand in hand, this creates a juxtaposition of two mindsets. A more intuitive approach led to Relief. Here, a roughly cut industrial foam product served as inspiration for designing a series of table objects made of cast glass. This fusion of tradition and innovation may redefine ceramics, bridging the past with the future in a unique narrative.