during the residency at Stone Oven House, a series of sculptures were developed in connection to an environmental commentary on the production systems of sheep, where the worlds don’t always work together. often the production of breeds for either milk, meat or textiles don’t communicate well together leaving a waste production or potential use at a loss. in this case being the potential use of the wool from the local frabosana sheep.

I was working with the wool from the local sheep in multiple ways through sculptures, structures, felt and fibers. the wool was generously provided by a local shepherd in Rorà. I was researching the relationship between wool and clay stoneware through an experimental spraying technique with different fibers. this research and work has been done together with a local ceramicist Emilio Romano. together we also build a temporary kiln outside, in which the pieces were fired. the clay sculptures are made out of dry wood, leaves from the surroundings of the plentiful mountains, together with the parts of the wool that I couldn’t use for felting and textile production. the final exhibition explored the research and works that has been done during the residency. these experiments will in the future be continued in order to better understand the traces of the wool in clay and how they behave in the kiln as well as ongoing research about the durability of both wool and clay.