Milan Pekař
Milan Pekař is a ceramic designer and assistant professor at Studio of Ceramics and Porcelain Academy of Arts.[1] He is considered as one of the most important makers in the field of contemporary Czech ceramics and porcelain.[2]
Biography[edit]
He was born in Prague, where he graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in 2006.[3]
Design[edit]
In 2009 he founded his own Milan Pekař Studio in Prague, where he specializes in the production of porcelain vases. Over the past four years, Pekař has been involved in the creation of so-called crystalline glazes. On its way to the new colour glaze, he created metallic crystalline glazes that are unique in today's world. Although the technique of crystalline glazes is not new, Pekař's method differs mainly because the colour combinations he has created and the designs he uses on his vases make the colours look special.[4]
Crystalline glaze[edit]
The mixture of ceramic glazing ingredients is applied to a vase and fired at high temperatures. By changing the extremely high and low temperature, or by keeping it for several hours, crystals form on the surface of the vase. In short, an artificial environment for the growth of crystals, which otherwise would grow on a similar material for several thousand years, is created.
During this demanding process and subsequent drying some vases crack, thus suffering mainly larger vases, where the probability of disturbing their surface is greater. Another interesting fact about crystalline glaze is that crystals grow spontaneously in different sizes, shapes, react to different oxides and ingredients differently - that is why such a crystal vase is really unique. There will never be two identical.[5]
Collections and awards[edit]
Collective exhibitions:[edit]
2001 Design centrum, Praha, Brno
2003 Electrorobot Galerie Home, Prague
2004 Art & Decoration,Veletržní palác, Prague
2004 Designblok, Botel Neptun, Prague
2006 Galerie THUN Lesov
2006 Galerie Marianne Heller Heidelberg
2006 European Ceramic Context Denmark
2006 Institut Francais de Prague. Domeau & Perés
2006 Designblok Prague
2014 Fire/Clay/Ice/Václav Šerák and pupils, The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
2014 Museum Teplice 12.international symposium of cobalt drawing on porcelain.
2014 Mint shop London,Element of craft
2014 Clayarch museum, South Korea. Contemporary Ceramic in Asia.
2014 Desigblok Prague.
2015 National technical museum Prague, Czech Grand Design
2015 Pilzen, Domus
2015 International ceramics competition carouge 2015
2015 Prague Days in Dublin
2015 Milan Design Week, Palazzo Litta.
2015 Galerie Mario Mauroner, Vienna
2015 III.International Triennial of Ceramics UNICUM Slovenia
2016 Chungnam National University Korea
Awards[edit]
Nominated and won runner-up prize at the Czech Grand Design 2006
Nominated as Designer of the Year, Czech Grand Design 2014
Won Public’s Award Czech Grand Design 2014.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Studio Visit: Milan Pekař". Cool Hunting. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "Milan Pekař". Meat Design Ostrava 2015 (in čeština). Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "About - Milan Pekař". Milan Pekař (in čeština). Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "Milan Pekar Studio at WallpaperSTORE*". store.wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "Moravska Galerie".
- ↑ "Studio Visit: Milan Pekař". Cool Hunting. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
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