the first unpotes
Hydraulic SocietiesThree placemade unpotes,
three placeborne finishes,
three distinct biographies.
Coastal geology, woodland ecology, and a collector's home landscape — each vessel finished by a different register of the living world.
Weald clay, flint grog. Shaped together at Littlehampton West Beach at low tide. Clamp kiln-fired, Ditchling, 2025.
folk specific
Chalk slip from the site of shaping. The geology of the place, returned to its surface.
The surface is a living one — chalk transferring to the hands of whoever holds it. The circuit between place and body remains open.
state
Shaggy inkcap ink, foraged locally. The land's own pigment, in the conditions where it grows.
psychic unity
Fully formed and fired. Its placeborne finish remains open — mid-act.
The artist will source a material from the collector's own home landscape and apply it as the vessel's final surface. The collector's place becomes co-author of the completed work.