MELT series derives from the poetry of the neglect of architectural forms. Beginning with pure geometric shapes built of stoneware clay, then covered with multiple layers of glazes and slips — Irina runs the pieces through numerous firings, those layers starting to melt, peel and decay; the ageing process of these architectural monoliths mimicked.

Finished with a top layer of white porcelain and salmon-pink or yellow gradient to form an outer skin, the resulting ceramic pieces, are left open to interpretation; nature’s shedding skin depicting man’s own passing of time.

Porcelain, glaze, pigment

Year 2019