This delicate porcelain and stoneware clay sculpture was inspired by the growth and formation of geodes. Mette Maya Gregersen wanted to explore the natural design of quartz, dolomite and iron oxides. To do so, she used soft materials such as clay, which she pinched and delicately placed on a wall of stoneware rock. The contrast between the inner and outer surface of the sculpture evokes how geodes in nature only become apparent when the rock is cut in half.

Length 50 cm
Height 46 cm

This piece was built layer upon layer using three different types of clay: earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. These materials do not technically combine well but separate, twist and turn like magnetic poles when fired. Mette Maya Gregersen built the form using organic materials that burn off during firing, “like the impressed memory of a daydream”. Working this way led her to dream of different paths, hence the title, Reveries.

Length 170 cm
Height 48 cm

Over an entire summer, Mette Maya Gregersen covered a bamboo blind, hung from the ceiling of her workshop, with paper clay. Every day she applied a layer of wet porcelain slip and waited for it to dry before adding another layer of wet slip. Each layer contains different oxides, creating different colours. This sculpture is part of a series of two inspired by natural mineral formations, stalagmites and stalactites.

Length 33 cm
Height 53 cm

This porcelain and stoneware sculpture was built at a time in Mette Maya’s life where she felt that things were moving too fast and she needed to take a breath. Many small clay petals are separately attached to a small wave, constructing a sensory shape.

Length 36 cm
Height 18 cm

Looking at this piece, it is hard to tell where it starts and where it stops. This was precisely Mette Maya’s intention when building it, as she tried to blur the boundaries between the interior and the exterior. Using a mixture of different clay and glazes, she fired it many times, continuously adding layers.

Length 50 cm
Height 36 cm