When Olga was accepted at the Cleveland Art Institute for
study, her intended medium to work in was glass blowing. When her family relocated to
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. she resumed her studies at SUNY New Paltz and found that
clay gave her the challenge and satisfaction she was seeking in her creative
life. As it turned out, the clay gives Olga an opportunity to work three
dimensionally. The pieces she creates can either blend into the new owner’s
life both with form and function or the piece can become a center or focal
point for the space it inhabits.
Olga first started selling her ceramic ware at Mower’s flea
market in Woodstock, N.Y. in 2015. She is set up most Saturday and Sundays
throughout the season. Olga notes that she especially likes interacting with
her customers at the flea market. For
inspiration Olga draws on her knowledge about mythology and ritual art of ancient
times. Part of her philosophical process
in art is the concept of not following the laws and rules of nature. Her
created objects are a result of her ability to work beyond assumed boundaries
of thought. Stop by at the flea to see
and touch her one-of-a-kind functional ceramic food ware and her ceramic figures
in person.
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