I see Blanc as a state of becoming.
A space where form, light and surface find a quiet harmony, revealed slowly through layered repetition, guided by restraint. This collection of porcelain vessels is about working slowly, removing excess and paying attention to what begins to surface.
The works move between the natural whiteness of the material, and surfaces marked by carbon during a specialized firing where smoke and fire subtly stain the porcelain, recording atmosphere and time. I view contrasts not as opposition, but as coexistence: light and shadow, weight and weightlessness, presence and absence.
Each vessel is built through the slow accumulation of painted slip, with the surface forming through time and layering. The resulting textures are porous and permeable, catching light and casting shadows that shift as the viewer moves. The vessels are not functional containers, but spaces for reflection, where interior and exterior hold equal weight and where emptiness is as meaningful as form.
Through this collection, I seek to create moments of pause. Forms that invite slow encounter, allowing light, surface and space to shape an ongoing state of becoming.
Riti Malik is now based in Thailand. She has been the winner of the ‘Little Things Art Prize’ in 2021 and the People’s Choice in the Shelley Simpson Art Prize, as well as being a finalist in the 2025 Klytie Pate Ceramics Award.
