Jeff Forster's 'Sanctuary for Salvage' at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) presents 'Sanctuary for Salvage', a site-specific installation by ceramic artist Jeff Forster. Using reclaimed clay, glaze waste, and kiln debris, Forster builds monumental columns that evoke historical ruins, rituals, and sacred spaces. The columns reference totems, sacral architecture, and Japanese torii gates. His process transforms materials like Styrofoam packaging into molds and reuses glaze waste, engaging themes of geological time and the unpredictable energy of firing. Forster, a longtime collaborator and alumnus of HCCC, continues his exploration of material transformation.
Key facts
- Jeff Forster created a site-specific installation titled 'Sanctuary for Salvage'.
- The installation is presented at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
- Forster uses reclaimed clay, glaze waste, and kiln debris.
- The columns evoke historical ruins, rituals, and sacred spaces.
- References include totems, sacral architecture, and Japanese torii gates.
- Materials like Styrofoam packaging are used as molds.
- The process engages with geological time and firing energy.
- Forster is an alumnus and longtime collaborator of HCCC.
Entities
Artists
- Jeff Forster
Institutions
- Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Locations
- Houston
- United States