Bodies in movement
The essence of life is expressed through movement. In every small gesture or even the blood flowing through our veins, we witness life itself.
These series of sculptures were inspired by movement in a time when a back injury forced me to remain static. A severe hernia had made it difficult to move freely, putting in perspective how essential movement is in life. As I recovered in bed, I would imagine myself running, dancing, jumping, and doing anything but resting. The movements I longed for were my inspiration. That’s why I wanted to give life to these sculptures through the movement of dance created by curves, lines, textures, and shapes.
I begin each piece with a rough sketch, but once I start sculpting the clay, I allow for gravity to have some creative freedom. By carefully feeling where gravity is playing a role, it gives me a sense that the sculpture is creating itself and I’m just guiding the movements as an observer. My role is simply to play around by creating supports to counter gravity’s pull while giving some structure to the movements. This becomes a spontaneous and playful way for me to achieve movement organically, without the need to overthink each piece.
Each sculpture ends up as a unique piece of dark clay shaped by movement, and at times, with added white elements that dramatize their dance. However, they all bear similarities that make them part of the same group.
