Alexandra Engelfriet

"Large kiln sculptures" 2015 (St. Martin de Salencey, France) Both these large sculptures were shaped directly in my trench kiln and subsequently fired. They are made of St Amant-de-Puisaye stoneware clay. The differences in temperature throughout the kiln brought out the whole range of colours concealed in the dark grey raw clay. The path of the flame is visible in the finished piece. The first sculpture was made as a whole, using my body to shape the clay. While drying it cracked into large pieces.These were taken out of the kiln and reassembled in the exhibition space of Centre Keramis, La Louvière, Belgium.The second sculpture consists of 19 separate pieces that fit together like a puzzle.These were all fired together as one large piece. In the exhibition space of L'Arc, scene nationale in Le Creusot, France, where these images where taken, the piece was placed on rocks, lifting it of the ground. 
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