"Stellar Channels (3)," 2024, ceramic, 7.5 x 6.5 × 1/2 inches
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"Stellar Channels (2)," 2024, ceramic, 7.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches
“Stellar Channels (6),” 2024, ceramic, 5 x 6 x 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (4),” 2024, ceramic, 4 × 7.5 x 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (7),” 2024, ceramic, 7 x 6.5 x 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (5),” 2024, ceramic, 9 × 5 x 1 inches
“Stellar Channels (8),” 2024, ceramic, 6 × 7 x 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (10),” 2024, ceramic, 7.75 × 8 × 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (11),” 2024, ceramic, 9 × 6.5 x 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (12),” 2024, ceramic, 8.25 × 4.5 x 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (9),” 2024, ceramic, 8 × 4 x 1/2 inches
“Stellar Channels (13),” 2024, ceramic, 6.5 x 6.5 x 1/2 inches
In the series “Stellar Channels,” I created interspecies ceramic forms, referencing constellations, ancient Filipino designs, and mythological creatures from Filipino folklore. I am interested in creating sculptures that sit in between animal, human and plant, sentient beings that are not limited to one kind of body. I am also interested in having these forms come from a lineage of visual culture from my ancestral country, the Philippines.
The constellations referenced are the shapes that were seen by ancient Southeast Asian wayfinders, used for navigating the Pacific as well as for harvest. The geometric designs reference precolonial ornamentation from textiles, jewelry and amulets of the Philippines prior to European contact.
Some questions I think about are, “How do we learn how to move through the world?How does one’s sense of self change when a “country of origin” is not bound by contemporary borders? What does it mean when we re-orient to celestial bodies for a sense of time and place?”