Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Artifact I, 2019, Clay, glaze, concrete, 10 x 10 x 10 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Artifact II, 2019, Clay, glaze, 10 x 10 x 10 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Artifact IV, 2019, Clay, glaze, 10 x 10 x 10 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Artifact VI, 2019, Clay, glaze, 10 x 10 x 10 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Disquiet Tissue, 2020, Clay, glaze, gold luster, 30 x 12 x 12 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Endothelial Angst, 2020, Clay, glaze, gold luster, polish, 30 x 10 x 10 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, En el Corazon, 2019, Clay, glaze, 25 x 12 x 12 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Bust, 2019, Clay, glaze, 27 x 16 x 10 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Fragmento, 2019, Clay, glaze, 20 x 22 x 20 cm 
Renata Cassiano Alvarez, Mare Clausum, 2019, Clay, glaze, 20 x 20 x 8 cm
Renata Cassiano Alvarez: Glaze as Stone, 2019-2020
In this series I dive into exploring my curiosity of how to translate the effects language can have on my body to material. This exploration has lead me to seek an intervention in the assumed role of glaze in the ceramic process. I am teaching ceramic glaze a new language and studying the physical metamorphosis which happens when I do so. Through my process of casting semi- liquid glaze, a material that historically has been used for surface decoration becomes the structure of the sculpture itself.
Photos courtesy of the artist
