Ceramic | 2023
Nightmare — Surface Under Pressure is a sculptural series that examines the instability of identity through the transformation of the human face.
This series is
based on portraits taken from live models.
Each piece starts
from a recognizable face, which is then altered through cutting, cracking,
burning, and partial concealment.
The surface is
central. Glazes such as crackle, luster, and raku are used to create skins that
appear unstable—marked by heat, pressure, and time. Some faces are visibly
disrupted, while others fade more gradually. In each case, the form shifts
between appearing and disappearing.
There is no fixed
image. The face does not fully hold. It changes, breaks, and withdraws.
What remains is a
surface under pressure, where identity cannot stay stable.