Collection: Byzantine Psychedelic

The Ottodork Byzantine Psychedelic Collection is a new, evolving aesthetic & genre developed by our artist-in-residence Idil Sukan as she rediscovers & remixes her artistic roots in her fatherland here in Istanbul. Bold patterns, influenced by her new study and lifelong obsession with traditional Ottoman & Byzantine tile design, reconceptualising traditional motifs to discover new patterns and dimensionality. Playful, modern but thundering with admiration for traditional aesthetic origins and craft, Idil works both digitally and traditionally, painting directly onto ceramics using traditional materials and baking tiles in artisanal ceramic ovens run by Turkish tile master craftworkers here in Istanbul to create robust and beautiful tiles, making sense of her artistic and artisanal heritage, Idil has absolutely embraced the craft, a phenomenal medium for her bold, graphic lines, she is able to blend her Warner Bros. & Japanese woodblock influences, further her love of bold character, motifs & and iconography while further exploring different ways collectors can interact with her characters and stories.

Our prints of her work are bold, compelling & calming simultaneously, absolutely head-turning at the larger sizes. The traditionally baked tiles, which are baked to sustain high temperatures of ovens and are scratch & water resistant -  integrate further and so fluidly with day to day lives which Idil is enamoured with - a working tile in the kitchen or bathroom, or as a beautiful luxurious trivet to serve casserole dishes straight out the oven at a delicious dinner party. That intersection - where beautiful aesthetic, characters and motifs that connect to you are more integrated with your life instead of a separate revered, fragile, gatekept on a pedestal or untouchable behind glass - is absolutely thrilling to both Idil herself and Ottodork. Invest in beautiful things, make your life beautiful - all the time, surround yourself with the things that bring you joy, allowing you to discover yourself through your own environment.