About

The Element Atelier is a Brooklyn-based creative studio led by artist Tugba Colpan. Her practice explores form, function, and feeling through objects and experiments, with clay at its center.

Art, fashion, and architecture have always been part of Tugba's world, shaping the way she sees form, proportion, and the unexpected. Her interest in making began with ceramics in Turkey and continued through explorations in drawing and glassblowing.

After more than two decades building a career in global financial markets and investment research, she found her way back to clay, this time with a different perspective, a greater sense of freedom, and a curiosity about where the process might lead.

Her work moves between the functional and the sculptural, embracing playful proportions, unexpected details, and the beauty of imperfection.

The Element Atelier is an ongoing exploration of form, feeling, and the joy of making. Guided by intuition over control and excitement over certainty. Each piece is an invitation to look a little closer, discover something unexpected, and find joy in the imperfect.