Kaat Pauwels’ work has two recurring archetypical forms: the bowl and the vase. Although familiar, because of their primitive shape, they evoke a unique universe of waving desert dunes, sand ripples, butterfly cocoons and eroded riverbeds. Both the form — the very natural feel to her work, and the colour of the naked clay, mixed with natural pigments —create a sensation of ‘arriving home’. Here, the clay may be clay, celebrated in all it’s fascinating facets 4.17.22
