Ceramics surrealism

Faces are distorted in extraordinary ways in this sculptor's surreal work. Perhaps they are visualizations of internal struggles. What do you think?

Fixated on a mythological depiction of nature, Japanese artist Ishibashi Yui sculpts feral children that appear to belong to another realm of reality. Pallid, hairless human bodies become fused with roots and vines, brought to life through a mixture of wood, resin, clay, wire and paint. Oftentimes, the figures appear imprisoned by the flora. In Then, It Returns Slowly, a pregnant woman's face erupts with flesh-colored growths that form a tree trunk. The character in Dream of 10 Billion Years…

Surrealism, sculpture, and horror are all combined into one for each of these vessels.

Kit Lang on Instagram: "MELTING CLOCKS! 🕰️ Inspired but the artwork, Persistence of a Memory by Salvador Dali, Year 5 students designed their own surrealist clock and then made it out of clay. Students loved adding their own touches, details and interests into the clocks. To make them look like they are melting, we are drying them bent on a shelf. This was the capstone of our Surrealist Unit in Year 5 - what a fun way to finish! . . . . . #clayclocks #clay #surrealism #surrealist…

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From her Pennsylvania studio, Christina Bothwell (previously) sculpts surreal hybrid creatures and figures that occupy the unearthly space between dreams and wakefulness. She works with a combination of annealed glass, pit-fired ceramics, oil paint, and small mosaic tiles, which each correspond to a conceptual element. “I always come back to the idea that the physicalContinue reading "Dreamlike Sculptures by Christina Bothwell Meld Ceramic, Glass, and Oil Paint into Otherworldly Figures"

Faces are distorted in extraordinary ways in this sculptor's surreal work. Perhaps they are visualizations of internal struggles. What do you think?