Krisztina Cazes Ceramics

Clay as Therapy, Art for Growth

Holding Light, Rooting Memory

This collection is a tactile exploration of the fleeting, luminous moments that break through the shadows of human experience. It stands in direct dialogue with the contemporary poem Aperture by Nina Lewis. The poem is a piece that speaks profoundly to survival, the passing of wisdom, and learning to trust the dark while running toward the light.

Aperture

By Nina Lewis

You lived through all the shadows, a world at war and flowers cut with new meaning. You taught me how to write with light. 

I run with it, like ribbons through the sky I become child – kite, whilst you close your eyes and trust darkness. 

Breathe the luminosity of stars. A single burn, brighter than a galaxy of a billion. 

We are only here for a small unit of time, long enough to learn to see.
Nina was the Worcestershire Poet Laureate for 2017-18 and is a director of the Worcestershire Literary Festival  & Fringe serving on the committee as the social media ‘Ninja’ - promoting, sharing and spreading all things Litfest!

She is a prolific published writer, editor and reviewer, a teacher and workshop leader, to find out more about her and her work please seek her out on these sites: 

ninalewispoet.wordpress.com

For me, these ceramic vessels are an extension of that poetic truth: an acknowledgment that though we are only here for a small unit of time, we are here long enough to learn how to truly see.

This vase entitled “Burning Sky” was the first piece made for the collection and was my entry piece in the Worcester Arts Society Artist Showcase “Enough to See, But Not Enough to See by” held at the Bevere gallery in 2023.

The physical architecture of these vases reflects this delicate balance between the permanent and the ephemeral. Hand-sculpted from heavily textured grog clay, the raw, earthy bodies of the vessels represent the stillness, weight, and stability of the earth. This grounding is captured in deliberate, sweeping horizontal movements carved into the clay’s surface.

Contrasting this structural stillness, the exterior surfaces are painted with vibrant, expressive coloured slips that mimic the motion of a blazing aurora. These fiery, sweeping tones capture the raw emotion of Lewis’s “ribbons through the sky.”

They capture the beauty of a passing moment and freeze it in time through the intensity of the kiln. They remind us that even amidst darkness, a single moment of resilience can burn brighter than a galaxy of a billion.