An Artist of Her Time | Myrto Zirini | Episode 566

The Potters Cast

Paul Blais

Business, Careers, Arts, Visual Arts

4.9 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Myrrto Zirini studied interior design and architecture in London where she also worked for 3 years as a consultant at Space Syntax Ltd. In 2004 Myrto returned to her home city, Athens Greece, and worked within architecture and design in multiple areas – urban/public spaces, architecture and interior design (as a partner at aka lab architects) down to the smaller scales of exhibitions, furniture and graphic design. Myrto has also taught at the MA interior design course at Vakalo Art & Design College in Athens. She moved to the island of Corfu in 2012. Myrto went on a six month period learning ceramics with a local potter in Corfu in 2014 and continued learning on her own by experimenting with clay. In 2015 Myrto started her own small studio and production. In 2017 Myrto created a combined studio and showroom in the old town of Corfu, focusing on one of a kind sculptural, organic forms.

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0:00.0	This is the Potter's Cast.
0:02.0	A podcast home for potters everywhere. It's a community of potters dedicated to grow their
0:08.0	business. We're picking up where the art degree ends. I'm your host, Paul Blaze. Well,
0:14.5	hello, howdy, and how do you do? Welcome to episode number 566 of the Potter's cast.
0:22.6	And we are going to Greece today.
0:25.9	We're going to be going there to talk to an artist, a ceramic artist who lives on an island just off of the mainland in Greece.
0:35.8	And her name is Myrto Zerini, and she is an amazing artist, and I'm
0:42.5	really excited to be able to bring her story to you. What we're going to talk about is kind of
0:47.2	her journey in a place that has so much history in ceramics and how her work is a part of modern history. And instead of just going
0:59.2	out and copying, you know, the historical ceramics and kind of making a touristy type of thing
1:09.3	for her area, because a lot of tourists come into it. She instead is an artist of her time.
1:16.7	And she is making art in her place of this time and she is making it. So I'm excited to be able to bring this
1:26.0	story to you about her. And so let's jump into this conversation. I'm going to be able to bring this story to you about her. And so let's jump into this
1:30.8	conversation I had with Mirto Zerini right after this word from our sponsor.
1:37.2	Okay, you've been listening about GR pottery forms for quite a while if you've been
1:41.5	listening to the Potter's cast for a while, and you might be
1:44.2	wondering how do they actually work? Well, if you go over to YouTube, you can just type in
1:50.2	GR pottery forms and you will find that GR pottery forms has got lessons on how to do it.
1:57.3	So don't stay in the dark. Go to YouTube and check out GR Pottery Forms or go to
2:03.9	GRPottery Forms.com. They've got a link to YouTube. Mirto Zerini, I am so excited to have
2:11.4	you on the Potter's Cast. Welcome to the show. Thank you very much for having me.
2:15.7	I'm so, so stoked. I'm'm stoked because of a couple of things.
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