2024

This collection of vases examines the disappearance of traditional wooden architecture, a unique form of cultural heritage. The work reflects on the effects of time and natural processes, and on the fate of man-made structures when they are left without human care.

Loss is inevitable. Nature gradually overtakes human creations, transforming them into something fragile and impermanent.

The lemekh, a traditional wooden shingle element used in roof construction, was chosen as a key reference to architectural craftsmanship. The ornament applied to the ceramic clay represents decay suspended in time and conveys the visual language of this process.

The work also addresses the need for greater care and responsibility in relation to cultural heritage.

Memory preserves both traces of the original form and the full process of its loss, allowing a reverse reading from ruin back to the moment of creation.

VASE "ABSORPTION"

Stoneware clay body, glazes, metal oxides.
Height 27 cm, diameter at widest point 19 cm.

Stoneware clay body, glazes, metal oxides.
Height 38 cm, diameter at widest point 17 cm.

Stoneware clay body, glazes, metal oxides.
Height 45 cm, diameter at widest point 13.5 cm.

Gray-beige stoneware clay body, glazes, metal oxides.
Height 33 cm, diameter 26 cm

Featured in the exhibition "Embodiment" in Saint Petersburg, at the Palata Gallery.

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