ARANTZA GONZÁLEZ MACHUCA
Cluster Crafts Exhibitor | Young Talent Spotlight | 2024
In 2022, she spent a month and a half in the Amazon, where she learnt techniques from native potters of the area. From them she learned how to collect clay and how to work the materials of their natural surroundings. Arantza's pieces are a testimony to the environment in which her materials are found, and they give an account of a transformed reality that brings us closer to the most elemental nature.
Arantza González (b.1995) is a Chilean artist currently living and studying in London. She spent three years at Escola Massana in Barcelona, where she obtained her BA in Mural Arts. She recently graduated from an MA in Ceramics & Glass at the Royal College of Art, where she’s been specializing in glazes made from natural resources, such as seaweed and seashells collected on the Chilean coast.