Knotweed Structure
Place: Roskilde and Various LocationsType: Performative Ceramic Firing
Date: 2021–Ongoing
Collaboration: Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde
Knotweed Structure is a site-specific firing sculpture consisting of massive clay sculptures designed and burned on-site.
The procedure involves stacking a heat-resistant base and building the sculpture on top, with apertures for firing. The piece is made completely of clay tubes reinforced with Japanese knotweed and has a cross-section inspired by the Japanese knotweed stem. The heat from the fire channels up through the clay, similar to a large capillary system. After drying the clay, I wrap the sculpture with ceramic wool and slowly heat the firing chamber with wood. After a full day of fire, the clay reaches a temperature that allows me to remove the felt and show the sculpture. which will glow
red in the twilight.
Knotweed Structure No 5 and 6.
Part of my soloshow “Daydream Ritual” at Bricksgallery 2022 Knotweed structure No 3
Folkeparken in Roskilde in collaboration with Samtidskunst museet i Roskilde