PILLARS
Pillars, built like cultures, one on top of the other.
Each one using its foundation to support the next one.
Recreate, impose, absorb, resist.
History repeats itself, again and again, leaving traces of gravel and dust…
Leaving Pillars as guardians of the old and of the new.
Ganymede, Callisto, Io, Europa, Amalthea. Dimensions — spheres: 15 cm, 12 cm, 12 cm, 8 cm, 8 x 6 cm (diameter), nests: 85 cm, 80 cm, 75 cm, 70 cm, 65 cm (total height). Materials: Clay, copper / stainless steel wire. Technique: Raku-fired hand-bulit spheres, macramé weaving. Year: 2018.
Golden Scar, Oropendola, Gigantia. Dimensions — spheres: 25 cm, 50 cm, 75 cm (diameter), nests: 80, 120 cm, 300 cm (total height). Materials: Crakeled glazing, low temperature clay, gold luster, stainless steel wire, natural fiber, copper wire. Technique: Raku-fired hand-bulit spheres.; hand woven macramé (stainless steel wire); metal support interwoven with natural fibers; hand woven macramé (copper wire). Year: 2018.
Embryo. Dimensions: sphere 30 cm (diameter), nest 50 cm (diameter). Materials: Crackled glazing, low temperature clay, gold luster, natural fiber. Technique: Raku-fired hand-bulit sphere, interwoven natural fiber. Year: 2018.
Jewel, Bird’s Nest. Dimensions: sphere 30 cm (diameter), nest 50 cm (diameter). Materials: Crackled glazing, low temperature clay, gold luster, copper wire, natural fiber. Technique: Raku-fired hand-bulit spheres; interwoven copper wire; interwoven natural fiber. Year: 2018.
The Silver. Dimensions — sphere: 25 cm (diameter), nest: 50 cm (total height). Materials: Clay, copper wire. Technique: Raku-fired hand-built sphere, macramé weaving. Year: 2018
Gigantia exhibited at Sol Del Rio gallery, Guatemala City in 2018. Floor installation with raw terracotta tiles, cracked by the visitor’s footsteps. Video projection: “Life Contained”, filmed in Shigaraki Ceramic Park, Japan.