GROWTH

Templet

Gothenburg 2020

These sculptures challenge the notion of what is impossible. They exist in the borderlands between the beautiful, the fragile—the seemingly well-balanced—and the grotesque and ugly.

Odd objects joining to form something new mirrors the organic interactions found in nature, like fungi and trees coexisting in a forest. This symbiosis, known as mycorrhizal networks, is both functional and poetic.

Like fungi and trees, which adapt and thrive together, the materials in a composition adapt to one another’s presence. Parts that once seemed incongruous now feel inevitable, as though they have always belonged together. Each piece leans on the other, creating a sense of movement and an illusion of frozen time—forms that seem to have grown into their shape rather than been constructed.

I aim to blur the boundaries between artificial and natural objects. I explore nature's fundamental laws, the attractive forces that masses exert on each other, and how materials react when they meet—parts that have collapsed, balanced, and create the illusion of having paused mid-movement. I seek an artificial balance.

I shape forms with the intent to make them so thin that collapse becomes inevitable. There’s a hint of the hands at work, almost a glimpse of fingerprints in the clay—a trace of myself left in the creation.

The sculptures are composed of various materials, shaped into ergonomically inclined objects, the shape enhanced by multiple layers of slip and glazes to emphasize the form.