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The chawan is a traditional Japanese bowl associated with the tea ceremony, an intimate object meant to be held between the hands. In this piece, that ancestral form is preserved, but its function is transformed. The exterior, rough and unpolished, retains the trace of recycled material and manual gesture. In contrast, the interior is entirely covered in gold, turning the space meant to contain into an inaccessible one. The bowl no longer serves: it offers itself to the gaze. This chawan thus becomes a container of time and calm—a silent object that invites contemplation and questions the value of use, of the everyday, and of what we consider essential. Features Mixed media: pinching, gilding 11,5x8cm, recycled ceramics 1125º, gold leaf (copper)

This piece belongs to the early stages of the Renacidas project. Its rounded, slightly deformed shape retains a more spontaneous and playful character, visible in the use of polka dots as an intuitive gesture across the surface. It was first presented at the Maison & Objet fair in Paris. During that journey, the piece suffered a small damage and a crack appeared, the result of transport and handling. I chose to intervene by covering the wound with non-genuine gold leaf, a material used during this initial phase of the project. Rather than concealing the accident, the intervention integrates it into the body of the work and reinforces one of the core principles of Renacidas: to acknowledge the wound, accept it, and transform it into part of the piece’s identity. The work thus preserves the memory of its process, its journey, and the moment when the project was beginning to take shape. Features Mixed media: pinching, coils, gilding 17x15cm, recycled ceramics 1125º, gold leaf (copper)