Photo: Mads Holm

the vulnerable as a place of power

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Sally Karoline Olika Morks
Uddannelsesgrad
Professionsbachelor
Fagfelt
Design
Institut
Design, Produkt og Materiale
Program
Crafts in Glass and Ceramics
År
2025

For thousands of years, we have used ceramic vessels to hold substances essential for life. From the maternity pot to the urn carrying our ashes, the vessel follows us through life. 

I made this vessel to hold a moment of connection. Through the holes in my vessel, I want to invite you into an intimate space, that is often easier to hide, than to show and be proud of. I put in my doubts and fears and I saw them transform into energy. Through my vulnerability, I found a power, and I want to give it to you. In a time that calls for us to be strong, I urge, that we search for the strength in a place of softness, curiosity and joy. That we see the vulnerable as a place of power, because vulnerability is not weakness. It means, that behind the doubts and fear, there is something precious to cultivate and protect. 

Photo: Mads Holm
Photo: Mads Holm
Photo: Mads Holm
Photo: Mads Holm
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Video: Idoart Agency
Photo: Mads Holm
Photo: Mads Holm
Photo: Idoart Agency
Photo: Idoart Agency

Now you have made loneliness
holy and usefull
and no longer needed
now
your light shines very brightly
but I want you
to know
your darkness also
rich
and beyond fear

-Audre Lorde

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An ongoing exploration in my work is the relation between opposites—inside and outside, intention and incident, positive and negative space, strength and fragility, alien and familiar. While these are often seen as contradictions, I see them as interdependent, each defining and deepening the other. This duality is present both in the concepts I explore and the techniques I use. In the act of making, I find myself moving in and out of control. I shape the clay with intention, guiding its form and surface. When I use my materials experimentally, I have to let go of control to embrace the unpredictable.