STATEMENT OF ARTIST - Carola Compa 

Carola works with clay allowing her to engage in sensory experimentation journey through her hands. “I take pleasure in exploring movements and spaces, allowing the clay to guide me until I discover the perfect movement for each piece.” Alongside these creative explorations, she adheres to self-imposed aesthetic principles, such as the 'French Curve' principle—a juxtaposed network of curves that create voids or voids that create curves—the Moebius strip's eternal flow, and the interplay of light on surfaces.

Beyond these constraints, Carola is interested in pushing the material to its limits, striving to find the point just before collapse. This daring approach demands an intimate connection with the material, operating at the cellular level to add elements that achieve different textures and tensions. While the material determines thicknesses, tensions, and supporting structures, it's the artist's unwavering commitment to unearthing the essence of void's energy, the perpetual rhythm of curves, and the potential of the material that gives birth to these sculptures, rendering them both delicate and powerful.