Ceramic Sculpture (Raku Clay) Saggar &
Sgraffito | 40 × 28 cm | 2021
A defensive form
turns inward, shaped by what it projects rather than what surrounds it.
The form is built
as a hardened, protective structure.
Its surface is
covered with dense, protruding spikes. They suggest defense, but their excess
begins to destabilize the object.
The form appears to turn against itself, as if what it protects from is not outside, but generated from within.
An elongated
extension introduces direction, pointing outward, yet without a clear target.
The movement feels driven, but without an external source.
The raku firing,
combined with saggar and sgraffito, leaves burn marks, cracks, and uneven
layers across the surface. These traces follow the form, marking areas of
pressure and change.
The object does
not settle. It remains caught between protection and projection, where the need
to defend produces its own tension.