Cefas Ivory LaptopSleeve veiled in rust and memory

veiled in rust and memory

Sculpture modeled in fine grog refractory clay and reproduced in resin on a wood made cross

a process in which the material is sculpted immediately

almost playful being

King David

Cefas Ivory LaptopSleeve veiled in rust and memoryEnclosed in a frame like an ancient icon or a miniature altarpiece, this solemn, bearded face emerges from the material like a stone borne oracle. Two mechanical structures flank his head, symbolic extensions of his mind or guardians of his word. Theres something both ancestral and prophetic in him, as if he speaks from the heart of a sacred machine. The piece evokes a distant figure of authority, somewhere between a biblical patriarch and a forgotten