Terraforming Bloom: A Ceramic Flower Sculpture
This sculpture presents a curious, animated cluster of bulbous orange forms, pocked and perforated like volcanic rock or coral. Rising from this richly textured base are smooth yellow stems, some capped in black with pale blue tips—resembling buds, spores, or futuristic seed pods. The vertical elements echo the rhythm of growth, yet their geometric simplicity adds a stylized, almost mechanical presence.
There’s an ambiguity at play: are these forms organic or engineered? Are they blooming or broadcasting? The piece evokes a speculative environment—life adapting in unusual places, hybridizing plant, mineral, and technology into something oddly plausible.
Part of an ongoing exploration of invented ecologies, this work imagines a future flora forged in extreme conditions—part soil, part signal tower, part bloom.
Title: Terraforming Bloom: A Ceramic Flower Sculpture
Medium: Ceramic, underglaze, oxide
Dimensions: 20 × 15 × 10 cm
Artist: Bob Acton
This sculpture presents a curious, animated cluster of bulbous orange forms, pocked and perforated like volcanic rock or coral. Rising from this richly textured base are smooth yellow stems, some capped in black with pale blue tips—resembling buds, spores, or futuristic seed pods. The vertical elements echo the rhythm of growth, yet their geometric simplicity adds a stylized, almost mechanical presence.
There’s an ambiguity at play: are these forms organic or engineered? Are they blooming or broadcasting? The piece evokes a speculative environment—life adapting in unusual places, hybridizing plant, mineral, and technology into something oddly plausible.
Part of an ongoing exploration of invented ecologies, this work imagines a future flora forged in extreme conditions—part soil, part signal tower, part bloom.
Title: Terraforming Bloom: A Ceramic Flower Sculpture
Medium: Ceramic, underglaze, oxide
Dimensions: 20 × 15 × 10 cm
Artist: Bob Acton
This sculpture presents a curious, animated cluster of bulbous orange forms, pocked and perforated like volcanic rock or coral. Rising from this richly textured base are smooth yellow stems, some capped in black with pale blue tips—resembling buds, spores, or futuristic seed pods. The vertical elements echo the rhythm of growth, yet their geometric simplicity adds a stylized, almost mechanical presence.
There’s an ambiguity at play: are these forms organic or engineered? Are they blooming or broadcasting? The piece evokes a speculative environment—life adapting in unusual places, hybridizing plant, mineral, and technology into something oddly plausible.
Part of an ongoing exploration of invented ecologies, this work imagines a future flora forged in extreme conditions—part soil, part signal tower, part bloom.
Title: Terraforming Bloom: A Ceramic Flower Sculpture
Medium: Ceramic, underglaze, oxide
Dimensions: 20 × 15 × 10 cm
Artist: Bob Acton