AUTUMN APOTHEOSIS

VOLCANIC PASSION & CERAMIC BLISS
with a splash of gold for autumn spirit

UNTITLED, sculpture series, by JORGE YÁZPIK, México

Over the summer we have been featuring volcanic stone objects and have fallen in love with this simple, yet elegant and versatile material.

The NAUI centre table is a sculptural piece of furniture made out of lava stone or recinto (basalt). This work translates Pedro Cerisola’s continuous design experimentation and investigation into modular structures. Each module is carved manually from a monolithic piece of lava stone. NAUI is the product of the challenge of shaping a circular structure with a single modular shape. It manifests the dynamic understanding of geometry throughout Pedro Cerisola’s work.

SIZE: W: 107 x H: 21 x Diameter: 116 cm // W: 42.13 x H: 8.27 x Diameter: 45.67 in

MATERIAL: volcanic stone / recinto / basalt, brass and glass top

“The game is the engine of everything. For any human and creative activity, it is fundamental to achieve a look from it”

— Pedro Cerisola, 2018

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GOLD PLATED CERAMIC SCULPTURE
by JORGE YÁZPIK, México

This October we would like to highlight Yázpik’s mesmerising gold-plated sculpture series. Beautiful autumn sun and colours upon us, absorbed in the golden surface. The shiny polished parts contrast with the rough and pure ceramic body.

Geometrically shaped, with gold applied in their void, the pieces are an eyecatcher. Light is seized and reflected at each angle, making them appear as different pieces from various viewpoints. The sculptures stand on their own but are also available as a set of three.

Jorge Yázpik is one of the most renowned contemporary Méxican artists (born México City, 1955). He works in large and small scale abstract sculpture with a wide range of precious and semi-precious stones. Yázpik approaches stone and raw materials with a high respect to their natural qualities, opportunities and limitations. Often Jade and Obsidian for example are presented in an unpolished glory, displaying their crystal appeal through carefully placed cuts. Every discourse with the material happens  -  in Yázpik’s own words - by “clearing the path”, making space for the accidental element. He incorporates a strong architectural design language within his oevre. Yázpik was mentored by Mexican ‘Ruptura’ artist Manuel Felguerez, a pioneer in Mexican Geometrism. Yázpik explores the negative space and takes references to Pre-Columbian sculpture with a volumetric and spatial language. He carves into the material to create labyrinthine negative spaces, with precise geometric landscapes, contrasting the organic outer surfaces of the stones. He engages the viewer visually, tactually, spatially and architecturally. Most of his works stay untitled, the sculptures speak for themselves.