What motivates Engelfriet's sculptures? Perhaps her description of her recent master class explains best:

"Awareness of clay both as a natural material, which is animated by all kinds of forces, and as the raw substance for the ceramic industry were at the heart of the processes one engaged in during the workshop. Direct physical involvement with a large amount of raw clay takes one out of an object directed way of thinking and invites one into an experiential approach of the material. Without preconceived ideas about the result the physical, performative aspect of working with clay was emphasized and new possibilities emerged."

You can see more videos of Engelfriet at work and more examples of her art, including her smaller sculptures, here.

And you thought you got dirty at the studio.