Discussion Item Ceramic #1 (2025)
38.1x33 cm ~ Sculpture, Clay, Ceramics
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I bought a BING carburetor about a year ago, I had the idea to reproduce it in ceramic.
I am not a ceramist or a sculptor, I am just a fan of engines and manual work.
I had this idea because I know that many people love BMWs and everything that goes around them.
Initially it seemed like a crazy idea, certainly it is also senseless, but honestly I do not care.
From the original piece I created a plaster mold that allows me to make more pieces in series.
I wanted to leave it incomplete, without the top cover, or other details, because I liked it that way, it is a second variant.
The piece in the photo is numbered on the bottom #1
The carburetor is created using melted clay (slip) poured into the mold, once dry the piece is cooked at about 1000 °.
If you are interested it is possible to purchase the piece, the processing times to have the finished piece are about twenty days (drying and cooking) you can ask me questions or requests, the carburetor can be colored before cooking.
In this case the color is raw simply darkened with walnut mordant. Any imperfections are natural of the ceramic being made, and indicate a hand-made work.
Internally the artifact is empty, as can be seen in the photograph.
The carburetor is fixed to a wooden table, there is the possibility of fixing it to an iron base via a pin fixed in the lower part.
If you are a BMW enthusiast, a BING on your bedside shelf is ideal!
This ceramic sculpture reproducing a BMW BING carburetor stands out for its singular character and the combination of industrial aesthetics and artistic craftsmanship. The piece, mounted on a raw wooden base, creates an interesting material contrast between the coldness of the simulated metal and the natural warmth of the wood.
The choice of a technical object as a subject — a carburetor — is unusual in the context of ceramic sculpture, and this gives the work a strong conceptual quality: celebrating the aesthetics of the mechanical, the obsolete, the functional, elevating it to an art object. The work seems to want to freeze a fragment of the history of mechanics, making it eternal through the apparent fragility of the ceramic.
The rendering of the details is accurate, with a patinated surface that recalls the wear of time and adds visual depth. Visible inscriptions, such as "BING", reinforce the authenticity of the reproduction and give the object an aura of historical memory.
In short, it is a sculpture powerful in its ambiguity: a technical object transformed into an aesthetic relic. A work that arouses curiosity and stimulates reflection on the value of manual labor, on form and function.
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Available as digital files from €36