Ceramic Fencepost Imprint #1
Ceramic Fencepost Imprint #1
Ceramic, natural fly-ash, glaze,
2 x titanium rainbow hex bolt
Approx. 23x 21cm
2020
‘These ancient and modern ceramic imprints are lifted from the fissures and cracks of the defunct rotten fenceposts that once demarcated a bygone territory on the artists homestead in Bavaria, Germany. Fired in the furnace of Hipp’s homemade kiln, by chance, the traces of a human face emerge; each one unique yet belonging to the same species. Like the geological fingerprints of a forgotten tribe each of the series of twelve is a marker that will map a new path into the future as they are sold and begin to travel across borders…’
AL 2020