Minimalist, abstract ceramics offering a tactile exploration of the physical world.
Loram Ceramics is the practice of Maria Loram, whose work explores the blurred line between life and death, the organic and the non-organic. Her minimalist yet functional pieces are driven by curiosity and shaped by lived experience, spiritual and scientific inquiry, and a deep connection to the Earth.
Clay and glaze become vessels for this exploration. Maria experiments freely through painterly surface treatments, meticulous glaze testing, and thoughtful design, creating works that act as quiet bridges between earthbound matter and the cosmic unknown. Influenced by the wabi-sabi aesthetic of her roots and Eastern philosophies such as Zen and Advaita Vedanta, her work holds space for both simplicity and awe.
Born in Russia and now based in California, Maria comes from a background spanning science, linguistics, yoga, and visual art. Ceramics has become her way of communing with silence, nature, and the cosmos. Whether sculptural or functional, each piece carries the trace of touch, time, and transformation, anchored in matter yet made to illuminate.