Collision 04

Artwork dimensions: 21.5 W x 30 H x 5 D cm
Dimensions including the frame: 23.5 x 32 x 7 cm

Terra Cognita. Soil Horizon is a ceramic relief made of black stoneware, brushed with layers of green engobes. Cracks in the surface reveal a rich, dark base, evoking the texture of mossy, nutrient-rich soil. Handbuilt with high-quality clay sourced near Barcelona and high-fired at 1250 °C, the piece is framed in a floating frame and ready to hang.

Part of the Terra Cognita series, this work draws on satellite imagery of remote terrains—quarries, deserts, salt flats—where the boundaries between natural and manmade blur. These aerial views reveal strange, desolate beauty and a sense of vastness both compelling and unsettling.

The series doesn’t seek to categorize landscapes but to present them as one shifting, interconnected surface. It reflects a broader relationship with nature shaped by distance, ambivalence, and longing. On a personal level, these abstracted places echo a quiet feeling of estrangement—of seeking connection in the unreachable.

By shaping these distant geographies in clay, the work brings the remote within reach, inviting viewers to find presence in what feels unfamiliar.