ABOUT US
Maria and Anna – two designers who have been working together for years, striving
to bring art into the realm of functional design. On a daily basis,
they engage in activities spanning architecture, design, painting, ceramics, and
sculpture. Maria studied Design and Painting
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, while
Anna pursued painting in Toruń. Their contrasting temperaments and wide range
of interests consistently result in a variety of
artistic and activist endeavors.
Since 2015, they have been working together in a Design and Architecture Studio, which has become
their shared workshop for creating and producing
design projects. The ceramic head sculptures
also serve as inspiration
zakresu performance art, Earth Art i Video Art.
has opened the door to collaborations with artists in music and
film, including director Lesław Dobrucki, giving them the opportunity
to document their artistic activities on film. This
aspect of their work allows them to cultivate and reinterpret local
cultural heritage.
Joanna, an entrepreneur and keen observer of the world,
is an independent design trends researcher and a passionate enthusiast of people
and their stories. In 2022, she joined their efforts, and together
they founded the artistic collective Sudiczki, named after the Slavic
boginie.
The ceramic sculptures presented in the catalog were created from the heart and
are among the first works of the Artistic Collective
Sudiczki. The first head in the Sudiczki family was created
spontaneously in 2020, inspired by observing abandoned
clay vessels
and jars on a jetty by the lake. The sounds
produced by the wind and rain resonating through them resembled
whistles and hoots. Since they seemed to be calling out, they had
to be given personalities, names, and facial expressions as a personification
of the forest's call to connect with one's inner nature. The names of the forms also stem from
associations with the sounds of nature and emotions intertwined during careful
observation throughout the creative process. Since the creation of the first
ceramic head, the Sudiczki family has continued
to grow. Totem Shh!
—its name derived from the sound of the wind—became the starting point for subsequent
sculptures in this collection.