The ritual of eating is a key element in my work. In this series of objects, I intend to create a tableware set by casting my own body.
By casting myself, I copy, dismantle and offer parts of ‘me’, in order to provoke new, unusual relationships between the maker and the user. The work explores the human body and how we fit into and relate to our embodied shapes.
Ceramic objects are often related to rituals and porcelain bares a remarkable resemblance to the purity and smoothness of the human flesh. The combination of sensuality and taboo can lead the use to contradictory impulses of attraction and repulsion.
Kalliopi Sifakaki
