EMELIE ABRAHAMSSON

Emelie Abrahamsson is an emerging ceramic artist based in Hönö, an island in the Swedish archipelago. Since 2018, she has been working with ceramics, opening her own working studio in 2021 in her grandfather's old boathouse. Today, she creates modern ceramic pieces combining art, design and functionality at her own company, mliceceramics. Focusing on the traditional practice of forming clay into soft, organic shapes, Emelie produces monumental yet quietly elegant works.

Emelie’s body of work, Curves, exemplifies the artist’s preference for working with natural textures and strong shapes on a large scale. The works are realised by building up and sculpting stoneware clay incrementally through coiling. Motivated by the history and soul of the ceramic tradition, Emelie maintains a childlike curiosity for materiality and ways to understand her surroundings, cultivated by her youth spent in Hönö and her early inquisitions into the land and ocean around her. 

She says: “I work with clay. That’s what I do. Building up and sculpting stoneware clay bit by bit. As I use the coiling technique to sculpt my ceramic pieces, my hands are the main tool. I want to simultaneously create a timeless, unique and modern product. During the years when I grew up in Hönö, I was always curious about new materials and different ways to understand my surroundings, both on land and in the ocean. My curiosity as a child still lives within me every time I start building a new ceramic piece. I want my work and design to both impact its surroundings and to stand strong alone - to feel elegant in its environment. I love working with natural textures and large shapes, but what inspires me the most is the history and soul of the ceramic tradition. I am thankful to be a part of the ceramic tradition.”