Extraterrestrial Ceramics
(series)
In 2018, the artist spent an entire year working along with scientists at the Leiden Astronomical Observatory.
This project, developed in that collaborative setting, took the soil composition of different places of our Solar System as its starting point.
Burning process of the extraterrestrial soil to transform it into ceramics.
NASA’s radar image of planet Venus.
With the support of astrophysicists and a geologist, the exact soil composition of Venus, Mars, Mercury, and the Moon were replicated.
Subsequently, these extraterrestrial soils were turned into ceramics.
The resulting forms, in some cases, have been inspired by ancient ceramics, allowing for a connection between our distant past and our future; in other cases, the sculptural form has taken on a more organic outcome, which emphasizes the geological dimension of the project.
PLANETARIUM [2018] – Ceramics made from clay whose chemical composition replicates the surface soil of planet Venus, displayed on an astronomical mount continuously pointing to the same planet.
SPACECRAFTS [2018] – Ceramics made from clay whose chemical composition replicates the surface soil of planet Venus
FIRMAMENT (MARS) [2019] – Ceramics made from clay whose chemical composition replicates the surface soil of planet Mars
FIRMAMENT [2025] – Ceramics made from clay whose chemical composition replicates the surface soil of planet Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Moon
For the ‘Arts of the Earth’ group exhibition at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Firmament was installed on the upper part of the walls (from 5 m / 16 ft up to the ceiling). In this way, visitors would look at it as if staring at the night sky.
MIRROR [2019] – Ceramics made from clay whose chemical composition replicates the surface soil of planet Venus
OMEN [2025-2026] – Ceramics made from clay whose chemical composition replicates the surface soil of planet Venus. 40×35×55cm.
