Paper clay, found glass, fired at 1280°, 16 x 10 x 3 inches, 2014
Paper clay, found glass, iron oxide, fired at 1280°, 15 x 15 x 2 inches, 2014
455 individual pieces. Installation dimensions vary (approximately 15ft x 9ft), Porcelain Paper clay, luffa fibers, cotton rope, cotton thread, stain based Slip, Rust, Calcium carbonate based glaze, Fired at 1250°, refried at 750°, 2018
Porcelain Paper clay and Stain-base-slip, Fired at 1250°, 4 x 10.5 x 13.5 inches, 2016
Porcelain-paper-clay, Fired at 1250°, 19 x 8.5 x 3 inches, 2016
Ceramic-stains, Titanium Dioxide ,Cobalt Based-slips and Ash, Fired at 1220° and re-fired at 1260°, 7.4 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches, 2014
Ceramic, Manganese Dioxide , Iron Oxide Based-slip, Wood Ash, Glass and Epoxy, Fired at 1250°, 10.6 x 9 x 1.7 inches, 2014
Ceramic, Titanium dioxide, Cobalt , China-clay Based-slips and Laterite, Fired at 1220° and re-fired at 1260°, 12.2 x 9.4 x 2.5 inches, 2014
Ceramic, Manganese Dioxide Based-clay-body, Calcium carbonate, Based -glaze and 24 Carat Gold. Fired at 1200° and re-fired at 750°, 22 x 22 x 4 inches (Installation Size Variable), 2017
Porcelain paper clay, fired at 1260°, 8620 individual pieces; Installation dimensions vary (approximately 10ft x 5ft), 2014 -2015
Artist Statement
I was in constant search of a new material, an intimacy with which I could express myself
A material that translated my existential inquiries of birth, death, rebirth and its thresholds.
I wanted to create works that I have lived through; the wounds, the darkness, the horrific beauty, the impermanence of life itself.
I wanted all that was resident in me to have a resonance in my practice.
I found Clay! To me it is Mass. It is a release of energy; an animistic element.
It shares the very same paradoxical qualities I was looking for, of strength and fragility, creation and destruction.
-- Savia Mahajan
Bio
Savia Mahajan began her formal artistic training in her home city of Mumbai, at the L.S. Raheja School of Art. Though she trained as a painter, since 2010, Savia’s practice began moving away from the medium of painting, towards ceramics. The transition was the result of a “relinquishing of traditional art mediums (and) a deeper inquiry about practice.” She has since, worked extensively at a local pottery studio in Mumbai, which has given her the space to experiment and develop many of her ceramic processes and techniques.
These developments in Savia’s practice resulted in “Liminal” – her first solo exhibition at TARQ in September, 2017.
Savia has participated in the Indian Ceramics Triennale, in Jaipur in August 2018
Savia currently lives and works in Mumbai.