LISA RYTTERLUND
Residency, 1400° / Porsgrund Porcelain Factory
In connection with being awarded the Porsgrunn Porcelain Grant for 2025, I undertook a three-month residency in Porsgrund during the spring of 2026.
I had the opportunity to visit the factory production and learn from the technical staff.
In the beginning I studied decorations from the factory's historic production.
I kept working with decorations but now by doing monotypes on plaster slabs and cast molds from the factory's production.
For printing I use liquid porcelain together with cobalt color used by the straw painters at the factory.
I had several projects going at the same time. Here I am transferring monotypes to hand built flower pots.
I tried to stay in the process and not to overthink.
All pieces were fired in the big production kiln in a reduced atmosphere at 1400 °C.
For these objects I have used my sons toys to make reliefs and imprints.
Going directly from maternity leave into this residency, I had lot of inspiration from my sons interest and worked a lot with cars and wheels.
Monotypes on Track Jacket Tiles
Monotype paper prints on monotype platter prints
In April I attended a seminar about ornaments and traditional decoration techniques.
The seminar inspired me to a new series of prints where I focus on storytelling through ornamental decorations.
The seminar also inspired me to go back to my own autobiographical imagery with anamorphic self portraits
By not cleaning the plaster molds between prints, fragments stay on the mold and allows me to combine several decorations on one single object.
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In the end of my residency I worked with hand-building pots and hand-paint decorations.
When all items were (un)glazed and fired I put together a presentation
This objects represents my process and stay at the residency. I went into the stay with performance anxiety combined with a wish of allowing myself to play around with the material and stay in process without overthinking. In the end I focused on ornaments and monotypes and ended up finding new ways of working around ornaments and decorations. This object was given to Porsgrunn Kommune. Many thanks to Porsgrunn Kommune, Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrund Porselænsfabrik, and everyone involved with my stay and project!