Terra - Sculptural Vase

Black, flared-out vessel with a narrow foot, spikes on the sides and a snake wrapped around. Coiled white stoneware, electrically glaze-fired at Cone 6. Hand-painted with glazes and underglazes. Interior and exterior are painted with a charcoal-colored, high-texture glaze that creates a rough, cratered surface. 

Electrically fired ceramics, (Cone 6), fully glazed
Approx. 32 x 24.5 x 25.5cm

I am a ceramicist and visual artist currently based in Toronto, Ontario. My body of work is mainly composed by functional/sculptural hybrid vessels inspired by the enchantment surrounding nature and evergreen ancestral knowledge. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, my pieces often display bright and bold colour compositions which are heavily inspired by Latin and South American culture. Profoundly intertwined with Afro-Brazilian expressions, mostly derived from Yoruba and Bantu peoples with Portuguese and Indigenous influences, my artistic production is driven by cultural resilience and popular memory, fueled by powerful bonds of connection with the past.