Reflection of the Shell Concept in Individuals onto Ceramic Shapes

This work explores the processes of self-protection, reshaping, and creating psychological boundaries in individuals through the metaphor of "shell."

Ceramic forms are conceived as carriers representing the inner layers of humans, defense mechanisms, and the changing perception of self over time.

Through natural textures, surface tensions, and organic forms, the relationship between body, memory, and transformation is materialized.

border

It emphasizes the boundaries drawn from the moment an individual is born and throughout their life, as well as the struggle of individuals who are forced to live within these boundaries to create space to breathe.

Hand molding, Laterite clay
R:44 cm
2010
cover

It aims to visualize the coverings and masks that individuals use to hide from external factors. Over time, individuals who lose their true identity have become the subject of the form's narrative.

Hand molding, chamotte clay
10X38 cm
2010
hear

Hand molding, chamotte clay
20x40 cm
2011
look

It emphasizes that an individual must first look within themselves while living in society.

Hand molding, Laterite clay
19x3.5 cm
2010
prisoner

Hand molding, chamotte clay
34x60 cm
2010
queue

Hand molding, chamotte clay
28x93 cm
2010
shape

This is a study aimed at explaining how individuals' positions and statuses change depending on the conditions they live in and the environments they are in. The statuses that an individual is born with or acquires later (such as religion, race, gender, being a parent, or having a profession) are shaped according to the value judgments of society.

Hand molding, chamotte clay
29x5 cm
2010
system

It aims to visualize that although individuals' visual identities, positions, and statuses change, the desire for a new identity, position, or status remains unchanged. One individual immediately takes on the shell left behind by another.

Hand molding, chamotte clay
42x4,5 cm each
2010
try_2

Hand molding, chamotte clay
34x60 cm
2010
try_6

Hand molding, chamotte clay
17x39 cm
2010
unity

Although it is thought that individuals live in unity and harmony within society, the emphasis is on the idea that individuals must first exist on their own, stand strong independently, and preserve their essence in order to truly live in unity and harmony.

Hand molding, chamotte clay
16x36 cm
2010