Description
Pie BOLTON
Victoria
‘Littoral Drift’ 2024
ceramic, wood fired
27 x 53cm
Littoral Drift emerges through process as much as material. This diptych of closed ceramic forms carries a coastal imprint of the Mornington Peninsula. Wood firing over a period of four days transforms surfaces with natural ash deposits, while seaweed and shells placed between the pieces during firing leave subtle traces—gestures of the ocean, held in fire. The closed forms suggest containment and quietness, yet their surfaces hold layered histories of transformation: sediment to clay, seaweed to ash, shells to glaze. In this way the work becomes a reflection of time and memory, evoking the reflective shimmer of the sea as well as the deeper temporal reflections of geology and ecology. These forms invite stillness and contemplation, carrying the elemental forces of earth, ocean, and fire—reflections not just of light, but of time, place, and matter in continual change.
