Landscapes on fire — Anaïs Eriksson Portfolio

LANDSCAPES ON FIRE

Wallpiece 2024

In the summer of 2024, I participated in a ceramic summer school where I first worked with Naked Raku and barrel firing techniques. I was particularly fascinated by the way the polished surface of the Raku pieces caused the glaze to flake away during firing, revealing a smooth and tactile finish. Equally exciting was discovering how simple materials such as wood, organic matter, and metal oxides could produce unexpected colours and surface
effects in barrel firing. Later that autumn, I had the opportunity to experience my first salt firing in Gmunden thankls to the “Salztor Kiln Sculpture Project”, where the interaction of clay, salt, and fire shaped the pieces in a largely unpredictable way.

The resulting works evoke hilly landscapes whose surfaces bear the traces of flames and firing processes. The individual puzzle-like elements were distributed throughout the kilns in different positions and reassembled afterwards. They function both as wall-mounted objects and as sculptural forms placed within a space.

🤝🏻 Summerschool @keramikstudio_angewandte & Salztor Kiln Sculpture Project @salztor.kiln.sculpture

Anaïs Eriksson

Anaïs Eriksson Designer & Material Researcher