Ceramic and paper series / 2021-2022
Since 2021 I have been developing a series of works that combine ceramics, collage and paper mache. Combining two aspects of my artistic practice: working with ceramics and working on or with paper. The illustrations of animals are from the Austrian animal protection magazine, from the 1960-70. The works are a mixture of illustrations and paper mache, which is mounted onto ceramic reliefs. The paper mache of newspaper, which is sometimes mixed with pigments, is applied in order to introduce an abstract element into the work. In this collage series I wanted to create small narratives between the different characters, and create a confrontation or coexistence between them and the abstract forms that inhabit the space together with them. There is also a contradiction of materials at play. It is somewhat unusual to combine ceramics and paper, since if the ceramic is glazed and burned, the paper elements of the work would perish.