08/08/2026
• VENT, SHELTER IN THORNS, OYSTER, CRUET MOSS, TIDE POOL, CALA •
Liquid Rituals
The pieces presented for Metamorphoses comprise a combination of vases, jugs and cups. The glazes blend Japanese recipes with both ancient and contemporary firing techniques; the clay bodies, all vitrified, yield a range of tones from light to the deepest earth tones. Ceramics have always reflected the reality around them, and it is in this sense that several pieces draw inspiration from the transformations of the Mediterranean’s underwater landscapes. The very same dynamics of globalisation that have transformed the Mediterranean are now shaping ceramic traditions, bringing together geographical trajectories that were once distant. Our ceramics therefore also tell the story of this intertwining: rather than ignoring the origins of the materials and the knowledge that inform them, our project chooses to make them visible, questioning what it means to expand a tradition within an increasingly interconnected world, one that is becoming ever more complex from a geopolitical perspective.
Ph Danilo Donzelli