Lightness Vases

The vase, the quintessential floral container, encapsulates and brings together my passions – such as nature, simplicity, materials and the act of making; inclinations that have led me to the paperclay technique and the use of cardboard as casting moulds, into which I pour the liquid clay I have prepared myself or the ready-made porcelain paperclay. Cardboard is a lightweight material; I cut and assemble it to form the mould, and the liquid clay is poured in several stages, with layers that will determine the thickness of the piece. I have called it the ‘Lightness Technique’ because of the need to lighten – in practical terms – the methodology of traditional ceramics, the aesthetics of form and the form itself.