This series explores motifs of water, fragility, and changing landscapes through vessels, wall work, and experimental design. Considering the ceramic process a metaphor for geologic and climate change, Kala uses the kiln to simulate geologic transformation. Cracking, melting, and fusing photographic imagery, earthen material and metallic glaze, she explores the wonder of ceramic material, the love of being near water, and laments the depletion of natural resources. By leveraging the inherent fragility of ceramics, a theme emerges that contemplates beauty, value and loss within the context of climate change in Northern California.

Handmade remnant tiles are glazed with a crazing glaze then soaked in cobalt sulfate, a ceramic dye and fired to reveal the microscopic features in the glaze surface- simulating macro and micro views of drying landscape, deltas, flowing tributaries, and cracked soil, this is an homage to the preciousness of water and broken landscapes.

Each column of panels are mounted on a backing made of cotton webbing and topped with a D-ring to be hung seperatley making this piece modular and scalable.

73” h x 60” w (185.4 cm x 152 cm)

individual columns: 47” x 3” (119.3 cm x 7.6 cm}

2022

A data visualization in ceramic of California's annual precipitation in a 1:1 ratio showing inches of rain represented by blue photographic ink fired into glazed surfaces of remnant tile. Each vertical line represents a calendar year, left to right 2010-2021.

Cited from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2022, retrieved on February 27,2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/

Handmade stoneware remnant tiles are glazed and then fired a third time with photo transfers of Kala’s photographs and 24K gold.

Each vertical column of tiles are hung separately making this piece modular and scalable to your ideal location. 32" × 32" total dimension

Stoneware, glaze, photo transfers, 24K gold metallic luster

2022