Sjors Driessen
Material as a starting point.
Sjors Driessen (born in 1996 in Sint-Oedenrode, North Brabant, the Netherlands) is an artist working with ceramic paintings, sculpture, installations and digital fabrication. His practice follows what materials can do beyond their familiar uses.
His practice is rooted in experimentation. Clay, glaze, found stones and plastic meet through processes that leave room for unexpected results. Nature offers recurring points of reference: geological formations, growth and the branching networks of fungi.
In the ceramic paintings, glaze becomes the painting material. Colour and composition are prepared before the kiln introduces heat, gravity and chemical reactions. The resulting surface holds both deliberate decisions and unplanned transformations.
Recent work combines 3D scanning and 3D printing with stones and ceramic forms. FOUND centres on naturally occurring stones that retain their geological form. In GLAZED, found stones are transformed with ceramic glaze and lustre. Branching structures connect geological material with contemporary digital making.
Across the practice, craft includes observing, testing, scanning, modelling and responding. The work explores where nature and construction meet, and where control gives way to the material itself.