Biographical Notes about the Artist
Carmen Bastos
Born in Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brasil, in 1953 . She is a Psychologist and ceramist. Established as a ceramicist since 1996 , the artist works from his own ceramic gallery studio, where she exhibits and sells her creations.
Carmen also teaches ceramics in her own studio for brazilian people and for foreigners, and gives instructions to many other artists, concerning to ceramic techniques, fire and paint.
In the beginning she makes only low fire, but she wants more……
She builded a gas kiln and to begin learn the secrets about the high temperature. She makes researches on high temperature firing and glazes. Today, the passion about ceramics is the most important thing.
She makes wheel, but prefer using traditional handbuilt ceramic processes. She makes utilitarian and also decorative pieces.
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