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Time to clean your ear, so the burn marks can reveal

Unglazed clay sculpture | June 2022

An intuitive piece that I made at the temple. It ended up being an incense burner. 

I started an experiment, trying to see how much incense ashes could fill up the whole ear cavity. The experiment lasted a month and was never finished because it was getting too messy. 

But, after emptying out all the ashes and left-over incense sticks. I saw all these burnt marks. They are interesting to think about... 

Died beautifully in the rain

An update after two years and the end... | June 2024

In June 2022, the ear was created from scratch with clay. Unglazed.
In June 2024, the ear soaked in the rain, slowly and slowly deformed back into its original state. 

The photographs captured TIME simply, and a history smell of different incenses.

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