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.
process Loram Ceramics
Painterly surface treatments and meticulous glaze testing form the foundation of Maria’s practice. Each glaze is developed through experimentation, allowing colour, texture, and depth to emerge through repeated firing and careful observation.
Driven by curiosity and lived experience, Maria’s work moves between the functional and the sculptural. Whether working intuitively or refining a form, each piece is shaped as a vessel for inquiry, holding traces of touch, time, and transformation.
Grouped together, the subtle differences between each vessel come into focus. Variations in glaze, texture, and form reflect an ongoing exploration of the organic and the non-organic, creating a collection that is unified yet equally individual.