Tamara “Solem” Al-Issa.

 

"Both music and pottery bring me to a place of flow state."

 

Tamara “Solem” Alissa is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from the Philippines and Bilad al-Sham, currently based in Toronto, Ontario. Her primary medium is hand-building and wheel-throwing clay, exploring themes of process vs outcome, connection to the elements, and meditative play. She is currently focusing on various methods of hand-building sculptural vessels and applying her illustrative work to wheel-thrown wares.

Website: https://solemceramics.com/

Instagram: instagram.com/___solem/