MMXX is a collaboration between Francesca Vendramin (ceramicist, FV/Ceramics Studio) & Stephen Dow (printmaker, heraldblack). They both live & work in London.
Their collaboration’s working name, MMXX, is a reference to two artists who started making in 2020 and the practice of dating architecture with the year it is built.
Their ceramics are developed and made at the studio run by Francesca in South West London. Using sheets of red clay, they construct standing sculptures and wall mounted tiles. The clay is carved, textured and embossed to reflect structure and material qualities present in Brutalist architecture. The surfaces are treated with washes of metal oxides, painted with slips and a simple palette of tin and transparent glazes. All work is fired in an electric kiln at 1080ºC.
The project’s development and making process can be seen on Instagram account @we_are_MMXX.