Ceramic & paper series

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.