Remains
Solo Exhibition — Bricks Gallery, 2025Remains brings together a new series of ceramic works shaped through fire, time and the traces of organic material. The reliefs originate from branches gathered in the landscape around Lejre. Each branch is repeatedly coated in porcelain slip, forming a thin ceramic membrane that preserves the memory of the original structure after firing. Raw wood ash from local trees settles into the surface, creating chemical fingerprints that differ from piece to piece.
On the gallery floor, a group of freestanding sculptures extends this material investigation. These cylindrical forms rest on cone-shaped bases—still, but carrying the suggestion of rotation or movement. Their surfaces hold the atmospheric marks of soda firing, where flame and minerals leave unpredictable patterns.
Across both reliefs and sculptures, Remains examines what survives a process of transformation. The works appear as fragments from another time—fossils, artifacts, or vessels—yet they are firmly rooted in present-day material experimentation. They point to the tension between control and openness, and to the quiet way matter continues to shift, even long after the act of making is complete.
