Powerdrill Pottery

Place: Various Locations, DK
Type: Ongoing Artistic Project
Date: 2020 – Present

Powerdrill Pottery is a technique in which I centre a cylindrical stoneware block weighing around 2.5 kg on a turntable (kavalette). I next manipulate the clay with instruments like an angle iron, a spoon, or a bent steel rod, all of which rotate quickly using a power drill. With experience, I can obtain a large rotational speed, which, while shooting chunks of clay around the studio, helps in the hollowing of the shape.

The tool profile used produces many explosive and repetitive machine-like textures over the surface. Because of the centrifugal force involved, the approach has inherent restrictions in terms of item size. However, I am constantly experimenting with pushing these limitations and scaling up the forms to explore new creative possibilities.

>Powerdrill Pottery: Seven Drill Vases are a series of unique vases created specifically for the floral boutique, Tableau Cph in Copenhagen. Each vase is crafted using the powerdrill technique, shaped from black stoneware clay, and designed to be fully waterproof. ↓↓
2021

↑↑ The Powerdrill Pottery collection, featuring the Wood Ash/Soda Series,is available at the CC Shop within Copenhagen Contemporary.

>The Nazgûl ashtray series comprises nine unique pieces crafted from stoneware and finished with a metallic glaze.

Each ashtray embodies the dark and enigmatic essence of the Nazgûl, the Ringwraiths from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

2018 ↓↓

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