Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye is a Turkish-Danish ceramist who established herself as an artist in the 1970s and 1980s. She was trained as an artist in Istanbul and worked at ceramic factories in Germany and Denmark before settling in Paris. She creates about thirty bowls a year with minimal yet powerful forms, aiming to obtain a vibration or an aura in her work that creates a sense of dynamism and metaphysical quality. Her meticulous process and intimate relationship with the material take years to develop her glazes and hours to manipulate the clay into their perfected forms and surface textures. Her works belong to the permanent collections of over thirty-four museums worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Musée des Arts ...