Building Rings (I Grind, I Sand)

Abstract

The installation Building Rings (I Grind, I Sand) features both the rings ground and sanded from clay blocks and the dust released during their making. Also included are four sentences from the research text I Grind, I Sand that describes the overwhelming process of making from a sensory perspective, ultimately culminating in a reciprocal pursuit of a correspondance between material and maker.

“I put on my safety glasses and mentally recharge for another day of sensory overload. I grind, I sand. I feel the stone’s robustness as the diamond wheel slowly carves through the fired clay, I perceive its fragility when a splinter jumps off the edge. I smell the dust invading my skin’s pores, stone chips crunch under my shoes. Gradually, the brick’s potential becomes more visible, and the robust angular stone morphs into a forceful undulating figure.” — from I Grind, I Sand, research text, 2024