RELIC - RELIC - VELVET BROWN
by Sierra Kanistanaux
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The Relic Velvet Brown is a handbuilt terracotta vessel by Sierra Kanistanaux with an earthy brown body and elaborate flanking extensions adorned with repeating circular spiral motifs and small cut-outs. The cut-outs create shadow recesses not present elsewhere in the Relic series, making negative space a structural element of the surface for the first time.
“Velvet Brown” names the glaze register rather than the surface quality: the warmth of the terracotta reads richer here than in the Relic series’ grey or cream variants, and the ornamental extensions introduce a separate visual logic. Where most Relic pieces carry relief elements on a plain body, the Velvet Brown separates the plain body from the ornate extension, making the contrast legible across a room.
Handbuilt in San Francisco. The glaze pools warmer in the cut-out recesses than on the raised spiral peaks, deepening the negative space with shadow at every viewing angle.
W 36 x D 11 x H 33 cm
W 14.17 x D 4.33 x H 12.99 in
Materials: Glazed clay
About
Sierra Kanistanaux
Sierra Kanistanaux builds her ceramics entirely by hand, drawing from sources as far apart as the tidal remnants of the Northern California coast and the elemental charge of fire. Based in San Francisco, her practice unfolds across two bodies of work that hold each other in tension. The Relic series gathers coastal fragments, ancient-object forms and layered oceanic textures into vessels that carry a quiet grandeur, as if unearthed from another era rather than fired in a kiln. The Flames series reaches the opposite pole: Above The Flames and Climbing Flames approach fire as a force of transformation, their forms rising with heat and accumulated energy.
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