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1 Weaving with Clay pieces with mould (photography by Yuta Sawamura)

2 Close-ups of clay weaving

3 Collapsed porcelain

4 Shaping process

5 Colour research: celadon and ash glaze in reduction firing

6 Flame watch and kiln opening

7 Flat pieces, collection of longer arch connections

8 Making of the moulds

9 Kiln God

04. Weaving with Clay / EKWC Residency


What started as a research into applying weaving principles to clay quickly became a broader reflection about how to dialogue with an autonomous and lively material, clay, and make use of its unique properties to create pieces that defy gravity and fragility.

For my project Weaving with Clay, I extruded clay threads that I pushed into each other to create a series of intricate woven pieces. Their shape is determined by the moulds they are shaped and fired in: these support pieces were specifically designed to support the fragile ceramics threads while drying, and accompany them during the firing process. They are representative of the relationship between tools and the pieces that are created with them.

The shapes are made of fine, straight-ribbed extruded cords of clay that are draped into the moulds in inverted arches, woven in increasingly intricate patterns and connected at various points with the push of a finger. Once fired, the works stand on their own like domes turned upside down. The construction process is their first appeal, the chance distortions, a play of light and shadow, intimacy with the material, celadon and ash glaze marking the indentations at the connecting points.


2024 Residency at EKWC European Ceramics Work Center

2022 Preliminary research exhibited at Objets de Kunst, gallery tête, Berlin, Germany

This project was supported by Ikea Foundation Switzerland