Claudia Wassiczek: a glimpse of the passage of time

I am an artist making organic abstract ceramic sculptures and bricolage work. Originally from Vienna, I now live and work in London.

My work is inspired by the concept of time, its emotional and physical impact on us and how our perception changes as we age. In my work I am examining the natural effects of fragmentation, disintegration, fragility and transformation. By revealing different layers, I lead the eye into the inner complexity of my forms, acting as a metaphor for the human condition. I predominately make my clay body from scratch (mixing it up from raw-dry materials). This allows me to achieve and explore textures that are rough, sharp and surprising.

I create a fragile boundary between curiosity and hesitancy, challenging usual perceptions of ceramics and expectations of the material.

Title of Artwork: The Space in between ©
Date & Year Completed June 2015
Medium: Ball Clay, Flux mixture and stain (clay body mixed from scratch – mixing it up from raw-dry materials)
Dimensions: circa 35x20x25 cm (width x depth x height)

Title of Artwork: Untitled ©
Date & Year Completed June 2015
Medium: Black clay & Flux mixture, Porcelain & Metal
Dimensions: circa 28x27x18cm (width x depth x height)

Title of Artwork: Silent (like time itself) with found objects 1 ©
Date & Year Completed May 2015
Medium: Porcelain, Black Clay, Stain with found object
Dimensions: circa 9x16x4cm (width x depth x height)

Title of Artwork: Silent (like time itself) with found objects 2 ©
Date & Year Completed May 2015
Medium: Black Clay, flux with found metal piece,
Dimensions: circa 9x16x4cm (width x depth x height)

Title of Artwork: S 1 ©
Date & Year Completed June 2015
Medium: Porcelain and Flux
Dimensions: circa 8x6x2cm (width x depth x height)

Title of Artwork: S 2 ©
Date & Year Completed June 2015
Medium: Metal, Flux, Sand and Glaze
Dimensions: circa 10x14x1 (width x depth x height)

Title of Artwork: S 3 ©
Date & Year Completed June 2015
Medium: Black Clay, Flux and Cloth
Dimensions: circa 7x12x4 (width x depth x height)

Image: Claudia Wassiczek