Details:

Dimensions: 23 × 23 × 11.5 cm (W × L × H) 

Material: Black clay, gold glaze.

The sea urchin test, the hard shell that remains after the animal is gone, is one of the most geometrically precise objects in the natural world. Its pentaradial symmetry, the regular pattern of plates and tubercles covering its surface, the way each element relates to every other in a structure both rigid and intricate: it is the product of millions of years of refinement, and it shows.

The Sea Urchin series takes this geometry as a starting point. The algorithm generates the surface pattern computationally, working from the same underlying symmetry that structures the natural object, scaled, abstracted, and translated into a form that is neither shell nor vessel, but something between the two.

SW-0001 is the wider, lower form in the series, sitting flat and presenting its patterned surface upward, like the top of a urchin viewed from above. The black clay body is finished in gold glaze, which catches and holds light across the texture of the surface. The contrast between the dark clay at the base and the gilded upper surface gives the piece a warmth that shifts as the light changes.

At 23 × 23 × 11.5 cm, it works well as a centrepiece on a table or shelf, small enough to be intimate, detailed enough to reward close attention.

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