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Ceramics
balancing.

3D still life
Joaquin Cipriani / Digital Artist

A study of weight, surface, and improbable equilibrium.

Objects on
the edge of balance.

Ceramics balancing arranges cups, vases, bowls, and sculptural forms into precarious stacks. Small points of contact and gaps between objects create a sense of suspended movement, turning the still life into a study of tension.

The series shifts between rough ceramic textures, crackled finishes, saturated matte color, and translucent glasslike surfaces. Hard-edged light, foliage shadows, and sweeping bands of brightness give each arrangement its own atmosphere.

Still studies

09 images
A lime cup, dark vessel and terracotta cylinder in a precarious stack
01 / A lime cup, dark vessel and terracotta cylinder in a precarious stack
Crackled and rough pale vessels stacked beneath a speckled cup
02 / Crackled and rough pale vessels stacked beneath a speckled cup
Violet sculptural ceramics balanced among fern shadows
03 / Violet sculptural ceramics balanced among fern shadows
An olive and ochre variation of the suspended ceramic stack
04 / An olive and ochre variation of the suspended ceramic stack
Colorful textured vessels and a blue cube above a patterned red block
05 / Colorful textured vessels and a blue cube above a patterned red block
Pink cup floating above a green U-shaped vessel with clouds and a rainbow
06 / Pink cup floating above a green U-shaped vessel with clouds and a rainbow
A small suspended vessel and pedestal surrounded by sweeping golden light
07 / A small suspended vessel and pedestal surrounded by sweeping golden light
Orange, violet and green glasslike forms against striped light
08 / Orange, violet and green glasslike forms against striped light
Close view of translucent colored vessels and a rough stone-like pedestal
09 / Close view of translucent colored vessels and a rough stone-like pedestal

Changing the
material language.

Muted vessels and earthy surfaces give way to violet stacks, bright geometric arrangements, and a playful scene with clouds and a rainbow. In the later studies, colored transparency and rough pedestals introduce a sharper contrast between lightness and mass.

Across these variations, the central question remains the same: how can shape, color, and light make an unstable arrangement feel visually balanced?

Animations

06 loops / Coming soon

Animated versions coming soon. Still previews shown below.

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Animation 01 / Still preview
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Animation 02 / Still preview
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Animation 03 / Still preview
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Animation 04 / Still preview
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Animation 05 / Still preview
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Animation 06 / Still preview