Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye

Ceramic artist

Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye is a Turkish ceramic artist born in 1938 in Istanbul. She is known for her refined, monochrome stoneware bowls that she has been producing for nearly sixty years. Siesbye works with the ancient coiling technique and a traditional wooden kick wheel, creating vessels that bear the intimate marks of her hand. She is a master of balancing density and spaciousness, firmness and fragility. Siesbye's b...