Carlota

In Carlota, the body is reduced to the bust, held in a delicate balance between steadiness and shift. The matte white ceramic gently catches the light, revealing a compact, cinched volume where anatomy is simplified yet deeply expressive. The figure appears slightly off-center, as if the weight were moving from one support to another. The movement is not declared; it remains internal and restrained.

The sculpture unfolds through a tension between continuity and rupture. Folds and surface depressions suggest material shaped by pressure, a rhythm of holding and release. At the top, however, the form breaks abruptly. The irregular opening is lined with gold. This gilding is not decorative; it highlights the fracture, turning it into a point of illumination.

In a spirit akin to kintsugi, the break becomes structure. The gold draws the eye inward, toward what has been broken and acknowledged. Repair becomes an act of composition. The work invites sustained attention, where restraint and radiance coexist, as if emotion found its form at the very edge of rupture.