kiln-made (part one)

Lately I have been trying to set myself up for chance in my work and searching for flawed beauty.

Cylindrical forms are slip-cast, fired, then cut into ring-like sections. The sections are then restacked and over-fired, inducing movement in the clay. Glaze, traditionally used to decorate and strengthen the ceramic vessel, is used here as an adhesive to join the piece back together. The glaze acts as a photograph of sorts, suspending they clay's movement in time.

mutants

Two identical vases were shattered. The pieces were then jumbled together, and each vase was reconstructed using pieces from itself and pieces from its identical twin. Because of this, the reconstruction will never be perfect. The two new vases are made of the same ingredients, yet they are completely different from each other.