The line between art and design is a very fluid one, and of course, a piece can certainly be one and the same. But sometimes it is a mood that is evoked, and the senses battle to get to the work in question first. Marie Torbensdatter Hermann’s work wants to be touched, but is visually such a treat that one can get lost in the gentlest of hills and valleys that lead the eye all over her installations. When this artist’s work is part of an installation, then we are forced to look at it as a whole and get drawn into the depths and heights, as well as how the pieces physically relate to one another. Asking Marie Torbensdatter Hermann a couple of questions allowed us to explore her work further. We are hooked.



Your porcelain pieces are very Zen despite their differences and you must attain a state of calm while creating them. However, do you ever get bored? What keeps you going as you make these vessels by hand?
I don’t get bored while making the work, frustrated sometimes – yes! But I do enjoy the making, you discover new aspects in the process, so throwing the work becomes more a conversation with the work and not just a machinery process. (And some good music keeps one going.)

The world is already full of 'stuff' – as an artist and designer, why do you choose to create more?
I have a lot of curiosity and want to explore and question the way we use and surround ourselves with objects.