Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld has created a series of vessels made of solid coloured porcelain.
Called Metamorphose, the collection is glazed on the inside and remains matte on exterior surfaces.
Photographs are by Maria Grossmann and Monika Schürle.
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Alexa Lixfeld
Metamorphose – porcelain vessel. Handmade vessels made of solid coloured porcelain, outside matte, inside glazed. Composition of nine different shapes, available in eight colours. Showcase the process-based development of contemporary design - the interplay of computer aided design/CAD and traditional craftsmanship. Metamorphose of formal aspects of industrial manufacturing and uniqueness which can only be achieved from traditional handmade crafts.
After A Ten-Year Career As A Model, Alexa Lixfeld Studied Design In Germany And At The Prestigious Design Academy Eindhoven, In The Netherlands. She Has Received Numerous Design And Innovation Awards For Her Work And Exhibits And Lectuers Internationally. Alexa Enjoys Working Across Disciplines And Cultures. She Applies Creative Processes To Social Projects And Is Determined To Think Outside Of The Box. For The 2009/2010 Handmade Collection She Has Been Exploring The Convergence Of Digital Technology And Traditional Handcraft Techniques, Immersing Herself Into The Phenomenal Universe Of Scents And Drawing With Primary School Children In Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
"I Produce Culture," Says Alexa Lixfeld.`Cross-Culture`would Be Better. Whether It`s A Project In Which She Tries To Use Concrete As An Alternative For Ceramics In Household Products, A Perfume, Food-Design, An Eat-Art Performance In Which The Participants Ladle Soup From A Plate With A 1,4 Meter Diameter, Or A Socio-Economic Development Foundation She Set Up In Sri Lanka, To Help Children And Rual Women - She Often Seems To Go For A Challenge That Others Think Impossible. In Creacete™ She Combined Her Pioneering Experiments With Concrete In The Field Of Tableware With The Ultimate In Finishing, The Traditional Japanese Urushi Lacquering Technique From Wajima, While Leaving The Contrast Open And Visible. After A Ten-Year Career As A Model, Alexa Lixfeld Studied At Köln International School Of Design, University Of Applied Arts Pforzheim And Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. She Works In Hamburg Since 2006, Running Her Own Studio. (Credits To: Max Borka )
Attracted By The Classical, And In Wondrous Ways Tension-Loaded Forms And Proportions Of Her Vessels And Objects, We Literally Discover The Tangible Qualities Of The Material Which Was Otherwise Trampled Under Our Feet: The Granulations, Stains And Spures Left From The Casting, The Drying And Crazes, The Burrs And Fractures Of The Mould Removal, The So-Called Flaws Of The Molding Process. And Concomitantly Her Handling Them, The Concretion And Ports. Briefly: The Cultivation Of Peculiarities Of The Material And Its Process Of Manufacture, Creates A New Value By Magnitudes, Which We Never Thought To Be Possible With This Mass. The Interaction With The Material Is Innovative, Exemplary And Yields In Sustainability.
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