Some days I carry the clay to the ancient site and work there. Other times I carry the clay on foot 3 km back to my home. This ritual of gathering and carrying is a significant part of my practice. It strengthens my relationship to this adopted ancestral topography. Although I come from an ocean away, from another time, I feel such a strong connection to this landscape that radiates energies from long ago, housing bones of those who roamed before us, full of stories that live on in the memory of the clay itself.
Memory and Ritual
Exploring the dichotomy of temporary and permanent, I create both ephemeral and wood-fired sculptural objects. The ”ephemerals” are made spontaneously on site outdoors sometimes left behind to shift, transform and ultimately return back into the earth adding a new layer to the landscape or destroyed to become something new. The wood-fired pieces somehow always magically resonate with the colors of the landscape blending in with the terrain.
Touch. Explore. Imagine.
Dreams of Waves (2019)
Wing of Desire (2017)
Wave (2017)
Sun Scope (2017)
Wild Clay Bed (2017) Turunç
Wild Clay Bed, Turunç