Laura Kirar’s exploration of materials and traditional techniques led her to create her first large-scale raku ceramic sculptural works.
In the development of her new visual language, GLYPH is both the ancient and the future: a pyramidal form that supports layers of recessions and protrusions meant as a visual message waiting to be decoded. GLYPH functions as a large round table, intentionally designed as a “forum” where one may sit and participate, but there is no “head”; there is only equal power and communication.
Each piece of ceramic that makes up the GLYPH table was made with the raku glaze technique, invented in Japan in the 16th century. Equal parts alchemy and art, no two pieces with this crackle glaze are identical. The firing process produces different results each time. GLYPH is configured by joining 29 unique ceramic pieces from individual molds to create a final elegant form.
