Until all these things takes place

Until All These Things Take Place is a series of six ceramic coffins functioning as vessels of memory, materialising my heritage and its complex passage through time.

Each coffin encapsulates a specific memory, tradition, or pivotal moment.

The title, drawn from the Gospel of Matthew (24:32–34), invokes a narrative of anticipation, transformation, and legacy, framing the works within a context of prophetic waiting and fulfilment.

The coffin form is intentionally deployed for its immediate, visceral equation with death and finality.

This choice engages a form of linguistic determinism—wherein naming an object a “coffin” irrevocably shapes its perception—forcing a confrontation with mortality, loss, and preservation.

Within this funerary framework, the series performs an act of archival resistance, documenting a fading cultural lineage through the tangible language of ceramic sculpture.

the series demonstrates how ceramic practice can be a powerful conduit for cultural testimony. The slab construction method, with its inherent seams and assemblies, mirrors the pieced-together nature of inherited memory. This body of work has solidified my commitment to employing ceramic sculpture as a means of archaeological inquiry into the personal and the collective past.

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