Tamara van San |4

Tamara van San (BE) developed a spontaneous and intuitive way of working. Van San doesn’t start working from an idea or concept, but let's the content emerge from the form. Like learning from a book. The only plan when van San started with the residency was to work larger than usual, with no criteria but only to try to reach as high as possible. The sculptures are built up by hand with coarse chamotte clay by means of clay rolls. After the skin has been roughened up, a new surface is applied. Cotton balls and pads are soaked in casting clay and then glued to the sculpture. Only after the forms were finished did van San decide on the colors of the glaze.