soft sculpture

Most of these works are made of flexible polyurethane.

Using a mold, artisans cover it, in some cases, with handmade felt and add ceramic pieces.

Flexible urethane rubber can replace the ceramic parts. It is not a mass production work; those are usable sculptures. In some works, I use EVA foam sculpted by heat and glue to make the form. Other materials are epoxy resin, metal, wood, glass, and wire.

My work is about contradiction: the tension between alienation and assimilation. About the importance of touch, the need for touch, and the fear of touch. By touch, you define yourself.

By touch, you place yourself. By touch, you dissolve into others. Our continuity is created by touch, and without it, we begin to suspect we do not exist at all. Those are usable objects, and "use" is a declaration against them as in favor of the theme. They surrender and refuse to surrender. I wanted them outside of me; I wanted them to be strangers.

Yet they are images of internal organs. I don't know if I like them, and I think that's the way I want it to stay. I won't describe them. They mix contradictions: soft and hard, repulsive and beautiful, there and here.

Most of these works are made of flexible polyurethane using a mold, it is covered in some cases with hand made felt and ceramic part's are added.