Fragments of Earthly Memory
My work embodies a quiet alchemy of transformation, where natural elements become vessels of memory and protection. In Ritual Memory, four ritual vessels echo the cycles of fire, earth, water, and wind—each symbolizing a state of nature’s continual renewal.
Through the techniques of lost-wax casting, inlay, and metal–turquoise fusion, I aim to transform moments of heat and stillness into meditative acts of making. Each process traces the material’s passage through melting and solidification, revealing its capacity to hold memory. The stones—some raw, some polished—speak in their own silent language, suggesting that matter remembers its transformations.
My practice navigates the threshold between the human and the elemental, drawing from Buddhist and animistic philosophies to question what endures and what fades.
Suspended between adornment and offering, these works invite stillness—a meditation on transformation, time, and the fragile continuity of all things.
Yuri Guo