Science picked up the paper by PhD student
@aukeflorian.nl and his team on the use of microplastics by caddisfly larvae in their casings. It's part of a larger project on how, why and since when animals incorporate human-made materials in the structures they build.
www.science.org/content/arti...
“The more we participate with these astonishing technologies, the more we seal ourselves into an exclusively human cocoon, and the more our animal senses are blunted, rendering us over more blind, ever more deaf, ever more impervious to the more-than-human Earth.”
The spell of the sensuous de David Abram fait partie de ma liste de lectures les plus marquantes. Vraiment un bon auteur!
Humpback whale songs are structured like human language | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
What a fantastic project!
Wow! Your rersearch is so interesting. It is also connected to my own research where I mainly study (in an artistic way) how birds have this incredible capacity to adapt to their environment. Here is an image of a procelain nest I made a few years ago, where I incorporated slipcast pills containers.
Never had big explosions during firing, but Chalcopyrite was my worst experience. It volatilised in the kiln during a firing to cone 6, and deposited everywhere in the kiln (walls and shelves). I had to do a major kiln clean-up after...so my relationship with Chalcopyrite is over!
Yes! It is always a surprise to see how it expands and desintegrates!
Hello Samirah! Nice to see that we have really similar research interests, and the form in takes in your beautiful work!
I am not 100% sure what the desintagrating rock was, but it clearly had a high content of Calcium Carbonate (which behaves like that after being fired...as you may already know).
Thank you Stephanie 😊
-- The expansion of my library of raw materials --
This video was created for the breakout sessions of the 51st Congress of the International Academy of Ceramic in Portugal.
I would love to meet other makers with similar research interests!
youtu.be/b0fcDuStloc
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This picture of my studio was taken 2 years ago, but still represents really well my current research with local rocks and minerals that I collected across the province of Québec. The second phase of this project is starting soon!
I am a ceramic artist from Québec, Canada. Sculptures and installations. Would love to be added to this list :)
Merci pour le partage Mériol!
Bonjour!
Ceramic artist from Québec. Sculptures and installations :)
Ceramic artist from Québec. Sculptures and installations :)
Sculpture tirée de la série "Les horizons marqueurs", porcelaine, roche du Mont Lyall cuite, sable noir, 2023
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Sculpture from the series "Les horizons marqueurs", porcelain, fired rock from Mont Lyall, black sand, 2023
Ceramic artist from Québec, Canada. Currently working on the expansion of my library of raw material.
