about
claire madill has been working full-time in her ceramics studio since graduating from emily carr institute of art & design in 2007. she started heyday design in order to combine the things that she loves the most: ceramics and thrift stores. finding inspiration in the unlikeliest places — the underside of a glass pickle dish, for example — claire takes textures and forms and translates them into porcelain so they can be appreciated in another way.
ideas around value and domesticity are also a part of the work:
“When exploring thrift stores, I consistently am drawn to the designs and forms of vintage kitchen ware: the backbone of a bygone domestic era. I remind myself that, even though these objects are for sale, they essentially had little use or value to the previous owner when they were given away to the thrift shop.
Through moldmaking and slipcasting, I transform these vintage glass objects into porcelain to be recognized again as being valuable, their designs to be seen in a new way. Alternately, questions about ‘value’ also occur when disposable containers such as a Chinese take-out box or a commercial pickle jar are transformed into porcelain.”
making accessories such as earrings, brooches and pendants is where heyday design really thrives: vintage patterns are put front and centre instead of being found in the back of the cupboard somewhere…
please do not hesitate to contact heyday design with your questions, comments and suggestions.