To Glaze or not to Glaze – Question 8
Why do you leave the fired clay unglazed?
Glazing has a primarily practical function with decorative potential, it speaks of ceramics. I am not concerned with decorating the works, neither do they have a specific function like that of carrying water. I do not glaze because I want to show that the work is conceived as a sculpture. The porous surface increases the sense of fragility and the sculpture breathes like a living being. By not colouring I leave visible the mineral nature of the material and draw links with archeologically. Painted surfaces rarely survive the passage of time and much of my work touches on the theme of time in one way or another.