Home Project
For the home project, I wanted to use the nests constructed by a natural creature, the potter wasp, as a starting point for discussing the house. In order to understand this fragile, thin-shelled nest and keep it in its original form, I turned the found nests into ceramics by firing them at high temperatures (1,230 degrees Celsius) in a ceramic kiln, and the nests were transformed from a yellowish earth color into various colors, which are presented as symbols of the original objects of the home.
I have tried to make ceramics as a way to symbolize the originality of the home. I try to open up the concept of authorship in ceramics, and explore the possibility of collaboration between ceramics and the natural world by constructing the theme of the house with non-human bees (potter wasp) and human beings (authors).
Observing the nests of the clay pot wasps has given me a lot of ideas about the concept of the home, and I have used my observations of the nests as inspiration for the ceramic objects I have created, amplifying my feelings about the nests in the hope that my collaborative work with the bees will result in the production of a kind of spiritual home for the people of the region.
There is no specific shape for this home, but it is based on my observations and the instinctive nesting conditions of the bees. Sometimes the bees use it directly, and sometimes the hive touches me with some part of the structure or some fragmented contents. I think I am inspired by the life of the bees, and I would like to bring this inspiration to the viewer.
Life may seem like a repetitive experience from one point in time to another, but after more than five years of observation, I am always surprised by the creativity of the bees every time I stop to look at a hive. Each bee builds a home that is closely related to its environment, and that is unique because of its location.
