Octopus Studios

Emily Ludington graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, concentrating in Ceramics, from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2013. She is inspired by forgotten, lost/found objects, imbued with an energy from their past-life; she liberates these pieces and rebirths them into new materials, like porcelain, new purposes, and new existences. Ludington finds the tension between the past and present materials fascinating, and our intention to use and inclination to waste, the conversations surrounding what and how we consume and abandon, and our awareness of these processes both stimulating and horrifying. Ultimately, Ludington chooses to explore our material, industrial, and aesthetic choices, interactions, and detachment through opportunities to reengage with these relinquished objects, moments, and thoughts.