Hesitating Creatures
This series brings together a group of sculptural figures inspired by mythological archetypes such as Medusa, the Faun, the Sphinx, and the Sirin. Each is reinterpreted through a personal and material-driven approach. The works also continue a recurring theme in my practice — the human-animal figure, which I return to in different forms over time.
The works are primarily hand-built in stoneware, and in some cases developed in porcelain with celadon glazes. Across these variations, the figures retain a shared character while shifting in surface, weight, and presence.
The surfaces remain layered and irregular or, in the porcelain works, more condensed and smooth — allowing material, color, and gesture to stay visible. The forms are dense, tactile, and direct.
All figures can be read as monsters to different degrees. I am interested in this unstable duality: between threat and vulnerability, beast and child, something unsettling and something fragile. The figures seem to hesitate within themselves, as if unsure which state to inhabit.
Rather than illustrating specific myths, the works function as shifting conditions — awkward, exposed, sometimes excessive, sometimes unexpectedly tender. They remain open, hesitating between the human and the creature.
Sphinx I, 2026
Stoneware with grog, porcelain slip, pigments, glaze
Hand modeling
H. 41 cm
Photo: @i_kate
Medusa, 2025
Stoneware with grog, porcelain slip, pigments, glaze
Hand modeling
H. 42 cm
Sirin, 2026
Porcelain, celadon glaze
Hand modeling
H. 30 cm
Sphinx II, 2026
Porcelain, celadon glaze
Hand modeling
H. 30 cm
Faun, 2025
Stoneware with grog, porcelain slip, pigments, glaze
Hand modeling
H. 41 cm