Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, building the form in stoneware.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, glazing the form. Photo courtesy Alice Fourgeret.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, building the kiln around the form. Photo courtesy of Kerasil Oy.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, the complete kiln around the form. Photo courtesy Kerasil Oy.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, starting to open the kiln during the firing. Photo courtesy Pricilla Mouritzen.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, opening the kiln during firing. Photo courtesy of Kerasil Oy.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, on fire. Photo courtesy Pricilla Mouritzen.
The open, still burning kiln. © Pricilla Mouritzen
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, fire burns within the form. Photo courtesy Kerasil Oy.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, fire burns within the form. Photo courtesy Kerasil Oy.
Sergei Isupov, “Fire Sculpture” 2017, finished work installed in the sculpture garden at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Skælskør, Denmark. Photo courtesy Alice Fourgeret.
Sergei Isupov and Andres Allik offer “Fire Sculpture” as a traveling production. Isupov, an acclaimed international sculptor, collaborates with Andres Allik, master kiln builder, to create a performative firing experience. The project climaxes with an opening of the tulip-like kiln while at peak temperature, with participation from the audience.
Images shown below are a combination of photographs taken at both STARworks in North Carolina, US, in 2016 and Guldagergaard, Denmark, in 2017.
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