Siri Ceramics

Sedna Transforming

Black high fired stoneware with porcelain slip and white glaze. The Torso represents Sedna's torso twisting as she changes from human into a supernatural being with a whale's tail.

Sedna Transforming

To create the this torso , I made a solid form and threw it on the potter's wheel, opening and twisting the torso.

Sedna Transforming

Black high fired stoneware with porcelain slip and white glaze. As a torso, Sedna has lost her identity , she is no longer human but changing into a supernatural being , part cetacean ( Part of a whale has been fused to her back, see next image).

Sedna Transforming

This is part of my work exploring Sedna's transformation. It is a handbuilt torso/whale body. I have joined a human torso to the form of a whale's back, which is peeling apart/together.

Sedna Transforming

Black high fired stoneware with porcelain slip and white glaze. the torso represent Sedna losing her identity, but the grooves on her chest show she is gaining the characteristics of a whale. 

Sedna Transforming

Black scrulpture crank with coloured slips. Fired to 1280 degrees. This is an experimental piece thrown on the potter's wheel in preparation for throwing the Sedna Torsos. I am searching for shapes and textures that belong to the sea. 

Sedna Transforming

Black sculpture crank, with thin white glaze. Fired to 1280 c. This is an experimental piece thrown on the potter's wheel in preparation for throwing the Sedna Torsos. I am searching for shapes and textures that belong to the sea.