LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Archaic, 2022

Forging with stoneware, Raku firing.

The challenge of wanting to achieve the metamorphosis of a primitive form, indulging its elemental nature, but giving it a more refined, is the goal of my research. The contrast between the rough material and the elegance of the form, evocative and modern at the same time, becomes a oxymoron, which places the work in an indefinite temporal space.

Lifetime Achievement Signal Award to SALVATORE SCALESE (SASASKA) for the undoubted mastery gained through prolonged artistic experience.