Zahhak

Ceramic (Raku Clay) Copper Matte Technique | 40
× 38 cm | 2021


The form expands from within, growing beyond its own limits.

The piece appears as a swelling mass.

Its volume pushes outward, as if pressure is building inside the form.

Protrusions break through the surface—not as limbs or protection, but as points where the interior forces itself outward.

 

The body does not hold its boundaries. It produces excess, continuing to grow into itself.

The copper matte surface shifts between burnt and metallic tones, marked by heat and chemical change. The skin appears reactive, unstable.

 

A cavity opens within the mass, exposing a hollow interior. The absence does not reduce the form—it intensifies it.

The structure does not settle. It continues to expand, unable to stop its own growth.