Elsa Valinas is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist, trained
as industrial and interior designer. She is willing to
share a piece of her colourful and chaotic culture
through her designs. She considers herself very
fortunate to come from a country full of contrasts,
ancestral traditions and a fantastic mix of pre-Hispanic
and modern elements that influence her creative
process.
Design is an essential part of her, and one of her
favourite materials to work with is clay. Clay’s
willingness to be transformed makes it a perfect
medium to express the way she perceives the world.
Clay is her everyday reminder to live creatively.
She considers Canada and Mexico her home. After
graduated from NBCCD in New Brunswick, she moved
to PEI to gain experience on production pottery. Back
in Fredericton and with her brand Clay Corazon, she is
finally perusing her dream of emotively create soulful
ceramic companions that remind us to live fully in the
present.
