A Potter In Argentina | Diego Armentano | Episode 1210

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Diego Armentano | Episode 1210

Diego E Armentano is an Argentine ceramic artist and potter based in Buenos Aires, where he lives and works. Diego practice operates within contemporary ceramics, combining functional and sculptural work to explore clay as territory, landscape, and scale, grounded in material thinking and conceptual inquiry rooted in making.

This episode is different from any episode we have done in that we had an amazing translator, Maria Cecilia Silva. She helped Diego and I communicate and it was so incredible to have her on the show to help out. So a big thank you goes out to Maria.

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When someone has your piece what do you want them to feel about your work?
Electricity.
Why electricity?
Because it moves. It’s something that moves towards something good or bad, but you feel it in your body.

What has working with Clay taught you?

Being respectful with time. And to learn from slow made processes.
What has it taught you about working with the world,with others?
That I can grow with others.
How much does wanting a piece to be functional, how much does that dictate the direction the piece is going to take?
It dictates where it has to go but many people have shared that they don’t care about the functionality, they just want to have the piece.
How important is durability for you any of your work?
It’s very important but he’s aware that maybe in two generations it’s lost.
Where do you see your ceramics taking you over the next 5 to 10 years?
Meeting people and exchanging with others.

Book

Once Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Contact

Instagram: @diegoe_ceramica

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