By Regina Torres Thompson
Unique
Saṁpṛktam is a Sanskrit term meaning joined or brought into contact. The two heads represent a pair, two figures sharing the same space and time. They sit close to one another, similar but not identical, each with its own presence. I think of them as two beings living alongside one another, sharing a life and shaped by the experience of being together. Their relationship raises questions about how we understand ourselves in relation to others, and how sharing a space and time with another being becomes part of our own experience.
This piece was made from stoneware clay and fired in a wood-fired kiln. It is unglazed; its surface is formed by the marks left by wood ash travelling through the kiln.
By Regina Torres Thompson
Unique
Saṁpṛktam is a Sanskrit term meaning joined or brought into contact. The two heads represent a pair, two figures sharing the same space and time. They sit close to one another, similar but not identical, each with its own presence. I think of them as two beings living alongside one another, sharing a life and shaped by the experience of being together. Their relationship raises questions about how we understand ourselves in relation to others, and how sharing a space and time with another being becomes part of our own experience.
This piece was made from stoneware clay and fired in a wood-fired kiln. It is unglazed; its surface is formed by the marks left by wood ash travelling through the kiln.
