Cirque Ouvert

Arianna Russo and Giuseppe Morando
with the support of I-plus
Photograph courtesy of Ettore Caruso

Starting from a specific investigation on fabrics and threads Cirque Ouvert is a sequence of micro architectures and waved formed landscapes created by the unexpected transparency and the alchemy of the ceramic production. Combining two weak systems this special weaving produces strengthened tri-dimensional patterns.
Cirque Ouvert is surface and structure, sculpture and architecture at once.
It tells about lightness and fragility built by recycled nets, moulded on sinuous trajectories, to which new life is given.

The materials used are: recycled nets from food packaging and industrial production waste, recycled ceramic, and resin.

About

To touch clay is an extraordinary experience. Hands and clay work together in a creative process, which is a new experience every time. A collaboration opens up and the outcome is a conversation between my hands and the material. These experiences fill my dreams while I am asleep, and I need to return to the clay again. This is how i got obsessed with ceramic!

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