Poststructure- Archetype- Magnetic aggression

The technique of throwing is used as a basic technique, sometimes in conjunction with other forming methods, resulting in all kinds of non-functional structures.

Mostly archetypes are chosen as a starting-point.

Simple basic-forms buried in the collective subconscious.

Bowl-forms, milestone shapes, beaker and dishes are altered. Moving, raised or sunken parts place the basic-structure in an other dimension. One can see the post-structure as a dynamic wall. The altered movement tries to give the spectator an inner shock.

Points of rest and silence and dynamical lines occur.

In recent work, I try to emphasis the tensions between light and shadow.  The formal aspect comes subordinated to the created situation. A basic-form for instance is the milestone. We can find it occasionally along some roads. It is a highly-neutral shape. A small altering causes a dramatic dynamical change. The object is to try to situate the structure in a cosmic dimension by registering the ever-changing light concerning the angle of incidence and the intensity.

For instance, a certain angle of light causes a fine white line appearing on the surface. Some pieces are altered by incisions, trying to break or catch the light.

The result is a tension between light and shadow, a contrast between substance and disappearing matter. In this case a dynamical wall is created by incising and plying in order to find a transcendent axis on the post-structure. With other neutral-forms e.a. the bowl, I try to create in the same manner a ceremonial vitality.

Often I use double-walled structures, they have  a stronger formed existence allowing deeper incisions from technical point of view. Dynamical curves are sealed in the wall or spring out of it. The isolated piece receive its own vitality. A certain bond with the original structure remains to a greater or lesser extent. Some forms, e.a. dishes, are thrown in porcelain. While working with porcelain a certain duality occurs. On the one side it has a compact – solid feeling, on the other hand the fine-grained structure allows to work very thinly.  Thinly made and fired to high temperature, porcelain comes translucent.

Mostly this fact is considered as a technical feature on its own. By using incisions and by thinning out the wall on selected area’s, one is able to isolate this translucency in order to obtain a greater vitality on the place where light and substance fuse together.