SOTIS

While still at school Sotis, a promising young artist, developed a keen interest in three-dimensional art and subsequently enrolled in a four-year degree course at the Athens School of Ceramics. When he completed his degree, he decided to leave his native Greece and travel to the UK to learn English. However, he ended up enrolling on another ceramics course instead, with the intention of learning English as he went along... His commercial career began while he was still at college when, having approached Liberty, Sotis was given his first commission. ‘I was still producing coilwork at the time,' he says, ‘long thin lengths of clay that are coiled round to make the object.' At the end of the Liberty contract, he realised this type of work was too time-consuming and turned his hand to the wheel... As soon as you set eyes on Sotis Filippides's ceramics, you want to touch them and it is this tactile quality that has become the trademark of his work. From generous bowls to tall, tapering..

Primary location: London United Kingdom