top of page

Simulacra  (London, 2026)

Analog photography transferred onto hand-sculpted clay, glazed

13 × 18 cm each​

In this series, I transfer analog photographs onto hand-sculpted clay surfaces, translating images that circulate as lifestyle and consumer commodities into fragile material objects. The process is not a simple reproduction; it is a translation in which meaning and perspective inevitably shift, transform, or collapse. The works feature abstracted imagery, such as a palm leaf and close-up kayak boats stacked on top of each other. When translated onto ceramic, these photographs lose their original context and associations, gaining a new dimension. The stacked plastic kayak boats, once symbols of mobility and leisure, become abstract, weighty forms whose use-value is erased and unrecognizable. The palm leaf, a familiar icon of leisure and exoticism, is flattened and transformed into an ambiguous surface. By moving photographs from the plane into three-dimensional materials, I question the authority of the image as evidence and the reliability of representation. The ceramic surface disrupts immediate legibility, turning images into traces of desire and fragments of meaning rather than clear depictions. This work explores how consumer imagery depends on surface allure and how translation between mediums produces new forms of perception, abstraction, and material presence.

Simulacra6.jpg
Simulacra5.jpg

Simulacra I

Analog photography transferred onto hand-sculpted clay, glazed

13×18 cm 

Simulacra5.jpg
Simulacra5.jpg
Simulacra2.jpg
Simulacra3.jpg
Simulacra4.jpg

Simulacra II

Analog photography transferred onto hand-sculpted clay, glazed

13×18 cm 

bottom of page