Journey to Paris
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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)
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Reborn
Reborn is a collection rooted in one of the core values of my work: a profound respect for the planet and for nature. In a ceramics studio, waste is generated continuously—clays, glazes, sediments—materials that are usually discarded. To avoid this, I began exploring ways to collect, recover and transform them.
These pieces are born from those sediments, which we gather, decant and dry until they become a workable clay body. Its unpredictable consistency dictates the process: it limits certain shapes, guides others, and often forces me to let go of the initial idea so the material can speak for itself.
Most of the pieces are built using my own reinterpretation of the ancient coil technique, used since prehistoric times. I form clay rolls and stack them slowly, joining them with my fingers; afterward, I apply a thinner layer of the same clay and drag small fragments across the surface with my hands to create organic, imperfect textures. This tactile language celebrates simplicity, time, and the beauty found in raw materiality.
In harmony with this philosophy, many pieces include gold details inspired by the spirit of Japanese kintsugi, highlighting seams, marks or fractures and transforming them into elements of beauty and meaning. The intention is not to hide imperfection, but to elevate it.
Because recycled material behaves irregularly, each piece presents natural stains, cracks and variations that are intrinsic to its identity. The gold leaf finish is delicate; to clean it, use an extra-soft cotton cloth. These pieces are not suitable for holding liquids or functional use, though some may be used as vases for dried flowers.
Reborn transforms waste into beauty, and time into form. Each work is a transformed vestige — unique, unrepeatable, and deeply connected to its origin.
