“Nuray Ada continues to break ground with a series combining calligraphy and ceramics.”
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How did your adventure with ceramics begin?
I fell in love with ceramics in 1977. While I was studying at Berkeley University, I attended a workshop at the art club on campus, I wanted to try it out myself; the spinning, especially, was very appealing. And this is how our long-lasting adventure with ceramics began.
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When I returned to Turkey, I continued to attend workshops at Izmir painting and sculpture museums for four years. I have been producing for various design stores, museum shops, restaurants, and special orders in my workshops in İzmir since 1992 and in Istanbul for twenty-two years. Together with my workshop team, we are teaching how to spin a bowl on a lathe.
Calligraphy has taken your ceramic art to another dimension. How did it start? And what do you plan for the future?
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My acquaintance with calligraphy has indeed brought my ceramics work into another dimension. Calligraphy entered my life with the “Golden Letters” exhibition at Sabancı Museum.
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While the exhibition was touring museums, stylized samples were requested for museum shops. Hence, I apprehended the value and importance of calligraphy.
At present, a website is being prepared in the United States, to sell my products online. As long as I am physically sound and strong, the workshop will continue. I plan to entrust the workshop to the succeeding team.
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