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locality じば【地場】 //

Takeo, Japan, 2024


pieces exhibited:

‘locality’, 2024 (half living sculpture)
/40 x 45 x 40cm/
ceramics found, ceramics handmade myself, stone, local vegetables, , glass, wire, nails

‘where should i look?’, 2024
(6 photographs) playing on composition, colours, waste, material and collection
/10 x 19 cm/
ceramics found, ceramics handmade myself, stone, local vegetables, glass, wire, nails, flowers, found objects, kiln bricks, clay etc.

‘i find things’, 2024 (3 floor bound sculptures)
each /25 x 48 x 7 cm/
ceramics found, stone , glass, wire, nails, flowers, found objects etc.

‘zoom in’, 2024
installation and collection exploring what happens when we look closer, what textures surrounds us
/35 x 50 x 4 cm/
ceramics found, ceramics handmade, found objects, kiln bricks




works and group exhibition created in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, Japan
during artist residency at Arts Itoya, 2024.

‘do I see your need
are you part of the foundation
living amongst every element
every entity
why did your life end
where is the utility
the clutter of objects around you
blends with you
but are you in the wrong place
could you be elsewhere
living again
living another life’

‘locality’ plays on an experimental approach to found objects discarded by man, local seasonal produce and the history of clay and pottery in the area of Takeo, Japan. finding curiosity in discarded material whilst bringing attention to our waste streams. finding curiosity in what is right around us. my intention is to give a new round of life to the objects, materials, and elements found through manipulation, composition and photography.


works and group exhibition created in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, Japan
during artist residency at Arts Itoya, 2024.

‘do I see your need
are you part of the foundation
living amongst every element
every entity
why did your life end
where is the utility
the clutter of objects around you
blends with you
but are you in the wrong place
could you be elsewhere
living again
living another life’

‘locality’ plays on an experimental approach to found objects discarded by man, local seasonal produce and the history of clay and pottery in the area of Takeo, Japan. finding curiosity in discarded material whilst bringing attention to our waste streams. finding curiosity in what is right around us. my intention is to give a new round of life to the objects, materials, and elements found through manipulation, composition and photography.
Texture based sculpture showing the inhibition of chronic body pain. A culmination of inhibitions I have felt throughout my life, an analysis of constraining factors and body pains and how the body all of a sudden cannot do what it is suppose to or could before. Yet a optimistic approach to the never ending pain. The texture of the textiles are mimiking and drawn from pain, bones, textures within the body. It reflects on positivity in the face of pain through colors. It depicts how I relate to my pain through an optimistic lens, that I carry because the inhibition will not subside. The sculpture focuses on the pain in the ankle area. The sense of losing control, feeling numb, stuck and caught in ones movement. A certain wobbly feeling apears around the ankles which limits walking. The sculpture allows people to feel the pain when stepping into it, without me giving an explanation. longlasting handcrafted techniques are mixed, such as weaving, machine knitting and hand knitting, only made out of reclaimed and repuposed materials, such as foam, cotton, organza, linen, thread and knitted yarns. an exploration of sensitivities. M